Sappho on nerve
Sappho49 quotes“May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.”
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
SapphoSappho Would Jove appoint some flower to reign, in matchless beauty on the plain, the Rose (mankind will all agree). The Rose the queen of flowers should be.
SapphoSappho If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SapphoSappho I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
SapphoSappho I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
SapphoSappho Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
SapphoSappho I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
SapphoSappho Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
SapphoSappho The moon has set In a bank of jet That fringes the Western sky, The pleiads seven Have sunk from heaven And the midnight hurries by; My hopes are flown And, alas! alone On my weary couch I lie.
SapphoSappho Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
SapphoSappho Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
SapphoSappho Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
SapphoSappho Love – bittersweet, irrepressible – loosens my limbs and I tremble.
SapphoSappho Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SapphoSappho With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
SapphoSappho He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
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Eric ClaptonEric Clapton Stop being so optimistic, its getting on my nerves. No problem. Do you want me to be all gloom and doom or just shut up? Just shut up. Can do. Really? Doesn’t seem like it.
Stephenie MeyerStephenie Meyer The bigger the crowd the better really! The noise calms your nerves.
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