Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
SAPPHORaise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
More Sappho Quotes
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
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I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
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How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
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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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Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
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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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Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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What cannot be said will be wept.
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No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
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I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
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I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
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When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
SAPPHO