Correia's first book, Primeiros Sonhos, was published in 1879, and its poems have a strong influence of Brazilian Romantic poets such as Fagundes Varela, Casimiro de Abreu and Castro Alves.
Buku pertama Correia, Primeiros Sonhos, diterbitkan pada 1879, dan puisi-puisinya memiliki pengaruh yang kuat dari puisi-puisi Romantis Brasil seperti Fagundes Varela, Casimiro de Abreu dan Castro Alves.