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Antero Tarquínio de Quental (European Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈtɛɾu ðɨ kẽˈtal]; old spelling Anthero; 18 April 1842 – 11 September 1891) was a Portuguese poet, philosopher, and writer. Quental is regarded as one of the greatest poets of his generation and is recognized as one of the most influential Portuguese language artists of all time. His name is often mentioned alongside Luís Vaz de Camões, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, and Fernando Pessoa. Throughout his life, Quental oscillated between pessimism and depression; afflicted with what might have been bipolar disorder, at the time of his last trip to Lisbon, he was in a state of steady depression, compounded by spinal disease. On September 11 1891, he committed suicide by two gunshots to the stomach while seated on a bench in a garden park.
Que gente! Que coisas! Que opiniões! Que vida! Sinto entre mim e o meu país a distância abismosa deste sentimento: o desprezo. (...) O silêncio é a única resposta possível.
Ali, onde o mar quebra, num cachão Rugidor e monótono, e os ventos erguem pelo areal os seus lamentos, Ali se há-de enterrar meu coração. Queimem-no os sóis da adusta solidão Na fornalha do Estio, em dias lentos; Depois, no Inverno, os sopros violentos Lhe revolvam em torno o árido chão… Até que se desfaça e, já tornado Em impalpável pó, seja levado Nos turbilhões que o vento levanter… Com suas lutas, seu cans ado anseio, Seu louco amor, dissolva-se no seio Desse infecundity, desse amargo mar!