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.
SAPPHOThe moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
More Sappho Quotes
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Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
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Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
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What cannot be said will be wept.
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Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
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When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
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Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
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Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
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Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
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Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
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Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
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