I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
SapphoSappho Would Jove appoint some flower to reign, in matchless beauty on the plain, the Rose (mankind will all agree). The Rose the queen of flowers should be.
SapphoSappho If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SapphoSappho I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
SapphoSappho Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
SapphoSappho I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
SapphoSappho Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
SapphoSappho 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.
SapphoSappho Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
SapphoSappho Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
SapphoSappho Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
SapphoSappho Love – bittersweet, irrepressible – loosens my limbs and I tremble.
SapphoSappho Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SapphoSappho With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
SapphoSappho He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
SapphoSappho 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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