Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
SAPPHOLove shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
More Sappho Quotes
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Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
SAPPHONow the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
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I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
SAPPHOI took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
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Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
SAPPHOBeauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
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From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
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You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
SAPPHOYou may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
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No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
SAPPHONo honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
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What cannot be said will be wept.
SAPPHOWhat cannot be said will be wept.
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Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
SAPPHOHesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
SAPPHOThe moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
SAPPHOExperience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
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The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
SAPPHOThe evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
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Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
SAPPHOSomeone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
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Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHODeath is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
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The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
SAPPHOThe Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
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He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
SAPPHOHe who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
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