ALENCAR

O Guarani 7.7 · 7.7

Nature kneels at the hour of dusk

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Como é solene e grave no meio das nossas matas a hora misteriosa do crepúsculo, em que a natureza se ajoelha aos pés do Criador para murmurar a prece da noite!

How solemn and grave, in the midst of our woods, is the mysterious hour of twilight, when nature kneels at the Creator's feet to murmur the prayer of night!

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How solemn and grave, in the midst of our woods, is the mysterious hour of twilight, when nature kneels at the Creator's feet to murmur the prayer of night!

A note on this passage

'Our woods' — Alencar steps forward as a Brazilian voice, claiming the forest as a national cathedral. Nature itself is the worshipper; the whole land kneels at dusk.

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