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He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.

Sappho

Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
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Anand Thakur
Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
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Earth Embroidery Flower Spring
There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
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Grief Home Place Serve
All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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Anand Thakur
I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
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Body Cushion Flow Gentle
Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
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Heart Love Shook Tree Trouble
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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Black Earth Face Infant Love Oneself
I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
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Division Known Mindset Myself
Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
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Heart Mountain Myself Root Wild
May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.
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Naked Nerve Resilience Sensitive Word Writing
The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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Alone Moon Night Pass Time
Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
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Bring Morning Togetherness
Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
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Fall Love Mountain Nature
Builders, raise the ceiling high, Raise the dome into the sky, Hear the wedding song! For the happy groom is near, Tall as Mars, and statelier, Hear the wedding song!
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Build Marriage Raise Sky
Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
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High Man Marriage Tall
How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
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Away Love Myself

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