Agripina Samper Agudelo
Born: 4 March 1833
Died: 22 April 1892
As a member of a literary family, Agripina Samper Agudelo received an education not easily accessible to women of her time in Colombia. She wrote prose and poetry under the pseudonym “Pia-Rigan”, an anagram of her given name. Her work remained unpublished during her lifetime and was only anthologized and published posthumously.
Dime: Cuando en la noche los céfiros suspiran,
Cuando entre blancas nubes osteantase la luna,
I asoman las estrellas, luciendo de una en una
Con timido fulgor;
Dime: cuando los arboles fantasticos se mecen,
Temblantes extendiendo sus sombras en los prados,
I escapesa a lo lejos de sones acordados
Dulcisimo rumor;
La vista cuando tiendes tranquila acia el ocaso
I entre vapores leves los Andes ves gigantes,
En tanto que sus ecos ajita retumbantes
Lejana tempestad
"En la Noche"