Thursday, 31 July 2008
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Capela dos Ossos ( Chapel of Bones) in Évora, Portugal.
Where are you going in such a hurry traveler?
Pause … do not advance your travel;
You have no greater concern,
Than this one: that on which you focus your sight.
Recall how many have passed from this world,
Reflect on your similar end,
There is good reason to reflect
If only all did the same.
Ponder, you so influenced by fate,
Among all the many concerns of the world,
So little do you reflect on death;If by chance you glance at this place,
Stop … for the sake of your journey,
The more you pause, the further on your journey you will be.
By Fr. António da Ascenção
Pause … do not advance your travel;
You have no greater concern,
Than this one: that on which you focus your sight.
Recall how many have passed from this world,
Reflect on your similar end,
There is good reason to reflect
If only all did the same.
Ponder, you so influenced by fate,
Among all the many concerns of the world,
So little do you reflect on death;If by chance you glance at this place,
Stop … for the sake of your journey,
The more you pause, the further on your journey you will be.
By Fr. António da Ascenção
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