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After the rains departed the skies and settled on earth - clear skies moist brilliant earth - greater clarity returned to life alone with the blue above and made the world below rejoice with the freshness of the recent rain. It left heaven in our souls and a freshness in our hearts.

Fernando Pessoa

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Fernando Pessoa
Age: 47 †
Born: 1888
Born: June 13
Died: 1935
Died: November 30
Author
Essayist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
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Writer
Lisboa
Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa
Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa
Alberto Caeiro
Ricardo Reis
Bernardo Soares
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Clear
Souls
Departed
Heaven
Brilliant
Freshness
Left
Sky
Skies
Earth
Hearts
Returned
Soul
Rain
Settled
Heart
Blue
Recent
Made
Alone
Rejoice
Moist
Life
Greater
Clarity
Rains

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