black
grey
blue
red
brown
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.

Sappho

All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
SAPPHO

Alone Moon Pass Sleep Time
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.
SAPPHO

Alone Bank Heaven Hope Lying Moon Myself
I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
SAPPHO

Mindset Myself
Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
SAPPHO

Bring Morning Togetherness
Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
SAPPHO

Earth Embroidery Flower Spring
Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
SAPPHO

Delicious Hear Word
Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
SAPPHO

Heart Love Shook Tree Trouble
Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
SAPPHO

Heart Mountain Myself Root Wild
If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SAPPHO

Nature Yourself
No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
SAPPHO

Beautiful Evening Stars
From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
SAPPHO

Earth Heaven Precious
The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
SAPPHO

Alone Moon Night Pass Time
He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
SAPPHO

Fair Goodness Himself

Whatever one loves most is beautiful.

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