ENGLISH POEMS

BY

FERNANDO PESSOA

III EPITHALAMIUM

LISBON

«OLISIPO», APARTADO 145

1921

III

EPITHALAMIUM

I

Set ope all shutters, that the day come in

Like a sea or a din!

Let not a nook of useless shade compel

Thoughts of the night, or tell

The mind's comparing that some things are sad,

For this day all are glad!

'Tis morn, 'tis open morn, the full sun is

Risen from out the abyss

Where last night lay beyond the unseen rim

Of the horizon dim.

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