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

Sappho

You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
SAPPHO

Forget Future Thinking Time Yourself
He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
SAPPHO

Fair Goodness Himself
Love – bittersweet, irrepressible – loosens my limbs and I tremble.
SAPPHO

Love Myself Tremble
No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
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.
SAPPHO

Black Earth Face Infant Love Oneself
Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
SAPPHO

Breathe Command Immortal Myself Word
I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
SAPPHO

Heart Love Shook Tree Trouble
I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
SAPPHO

Division Known Mindset Myself
Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
SAPPHO

Heart Love Shake Warning
If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SAPPHO

Nature Yourself
In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
SAPPHO

Experience Neighbor Virtue
Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
SAPPHO

Fantasy Love One Liner
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.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur

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

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