02187cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500160014326400510015930000470021033600260025733700260028333800360030950000310034550800370037652013280041353400630174165300190180485600430182399900190186676831UtSlPG20260610134759.0mcr n260607r20251909utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aca2iso639-1 4aPC1 aAlcover, Joan,d1854-192610aCap al tard 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-09-07  aeditor digital: Joan Queralt Gil  a"Cap al tard :  Poesies by Joan Alcover" is a collection of lyric and elegiac poems written in the early 20th century. The book explores Mallorcan landscapes and folk life, personal grief and faith, and a renewed sense of Catalan cultural identity.  The poems first celebrate the Serra de Tramuntana and the sea, giving voice to hermits, pines, sirens, and a captive vulture to reflect on freedom, destiny, and the island’s soul. Pastoral scenes of villages and coves shift into moral and spiritual meditations, as a traveler finds refuge in an hermitage and the quiet is broken by an execution. The Elegies dwell on bells, childhood gardens, longing, and desolation, culminating in a dialogue with the Muse that turns private mourning—especially for lost children—into art and prayer. The book embraces the native tongue and history, honoring medieval valor in a poem of the cross, greeting Catalonia across the sea, and kindling a collective awakening in the vision of “the spark.” Addresses to fellow artists and island scenes add portraits of contemporary culture and place. The final section gathers youthful pieces of love and devotion and concludes with a visionary homage to Ramon Llull, binding nature, memory, sorrow, and hope into a single, resonant voice. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cBarcelona: Gustau Gili Editor, 1909  aCatalan poetry40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76831  c117556d117556