XI - I for my city's want fought far and fell.

by Fernando Pessoa · 1920
Published 01/07/1920

I for my city's want fought far and fell.

I could not tell

What she did want, that knew she wanted me.

Her walls be free,

Her speech keep such as I spoke, and men die,

That she die not, as I.

#city #existential doubt #fernando pessoa #patriotism #sacrifice #war

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