"Soy el cantor de América autóctono y salvaje: mi lira tiene un alma, mi canto un ideal. Mi verso no se mece colgado de un ramaje con un vaivén pausado de hamaca tropical."
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1906, Alma América, 'Blasón' (translated as 'Blazon', 1935)
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