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A city in this country titles a poem in which the speaker exclaims “as long as the Silence and Abyss hold off, I want to be alone!”, which is the first of two poems titled “[that city] Revisited.” A section (-5[1])that groups poems according to the coat of arms opens a collection from this country titled for a translation of the word “message.” (10[2])A poem (10[1])from this country (-5[1])includes the line “where the land ends and the sea begins,” (10[1])which inspired the first line of a novel from (-5[1])this country that depicts the final year of a “heteronym” (10[1])of (10[1])a poet (10[3])from here. (10[8])The “dog of tears” (10[3])protects people (10[1])in a (10[1])novel (10[1])from this country (10[4])in which the doctor’s wife is (-5[1])the only person (10[2])not (10[1])afflicted (10[2])with (10[2])the title (10[4])“white (-5[1])sickness.” (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this home country of Fernando Pessoa (10[1])and the author of Blindness, (10[1])José Saramago. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Portugal [or Portuguese Republic or República Portuguesa] (The poem in the first line is “Lisbon Revisited” (1923) by Pessoa. The unnamed novel is The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by Saramago.)
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