All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
SAPPHO
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The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
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Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
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You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
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With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
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I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
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From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
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Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
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May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.
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Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
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Some say an army of horsemen, or infantry, A fleet of ships is the fairest thing On the face of the black earth, but I say It’s what one loves.
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Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
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Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
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