Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
SAPPHODeath is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
More Sappho Quotes
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Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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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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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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I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
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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 seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
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What cannot be said will be wept.
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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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Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
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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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Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
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I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
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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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