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O Guarani 10.47 · 10.47

She was his divinity on earth

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Para ele essa menina, esse anjo louro, de olhos azuis, representava a divindade na terra; admirá-la, fazê-la sorrir, vê-la feliz, era o seu culto; culto santo e respeitoso em que o seu coração vertia os tesouros de sentimentos e poesia que transbordavam dessa natureza virgem.

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To Peri this girl — a fair, blue-eyed angel — was divinity on earth; to admire her, make her smile, see her happy was his worship, into which his heart poured all the treasures of a virgin nature.

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