All is so calm and chaste, so like a dream. That looking at this masterpiece of God, I ask myself Where is there a painter, an artist so supreme,So profoundly wise as to unfurl A canvas with a more arresting scene, More delicate and beautiful in this World? (Florbela Espanca)

All is so calm and chaste, so like a dream. That looking at this masterpiece of God, I ask myself Where is there a painter, an artist so supreme,So profoundly wise as to unfurl A canvas with a more arresting scene, More delicate and beautiful in this World?

Florbela Espanca

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