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The rose looks out in the valley,
And thither will I go,
To the rosy vale, where the nightingale
Sings his song of woe.


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I saw the rose-grove blushing in pride,
I gather'd the blushing rose—and sigh'd—
I come from the rose-grove, mother,
I come from the grove of roses.


Gil Vicente

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Werner Heisenberg

Gil Vicente

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Born: 1465
Died: 1536 (aged 71)
Bio: Gil Vicente, called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays.
Known for:
  1. O Velho da Horta
  2. Auto da Índia
  3. The boat plays
  4. Three discovery plays
  5. Four plays of Gil Vicente

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