Title from caption and chorus of poem.

First stanza of poem reads: Monarcha excelso, / o patriotismo / lançou no abismo / a escravidaõ. D'altos prazeres, / ó fausto dia, etc. etc.

Anonymous political poem in seven stanzas, printed in two columns, dating from the time of the political revolution, which erupted in Portugal in 1820 and concluded in 1821 with the return of the Portuguese court from Brazil; in 1822 a new constitution was ratified and implemented.

Printed above imprint: Para se cantar, nos dias 3 e 4 de maio, na praça da constituçaõ

John Carter Brown Library copy bound as 21st item of 23 with: Relacion histórica de los acontecimientos mas principales ocurridos en La Coruña, y en otros puntos de Galicia en febrero y marzo de este año, con el objeto de restablecer la Constitucion política de la monarquía Española, que felizmente rige / by José de Urcullu, La Coruña, 1820.

John Carter Brown Library copy half bound in contemporary calf with marbled boards.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Bromsen Fund.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Ao Francisco Augusto Martins de Carvalho from Pedro A[ugusta] Ferreira dated Porto, May 15, [1]900: presentation inscription on verso of second front flyleaf; J[osé] Pinto Ferreira: bookplate on front pastedown; J.C. Monteiro: book stamp on recto of first front flyleaf.