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Rosalía de Castro

A seminal literary figure in nineteenth-century Spain, Rosalia Castro was born Maria Rosalita Rita on February 23, 1837 in Santiago de Compostela. Though officially she was listed as the daughter of unknown parents,

Bells, The

by Rosalía de Castro (1837–85)

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I love them, I hear them,

just as I hear the sound of the wind,

the babbling of the fountain

or the bleating of a lamb.

Just as the birds do, so they too,

the moment there appears in the sky

the first gleam of dawn,

greet it with their echoes.

And in their tones, that linger

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