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.
SAPPHOIn gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
More Sappho Quotes
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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.
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The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
SAPPHOThe evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
SAPPHOThe moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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What cannot be said will be wept.
SAPPHOWhat cannot be said will be wept.
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Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
SAPPHOLove, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
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When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
SAPPHOWhen anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
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Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
SAPPHOEros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
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I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
SAPPHOI know not what to do, my mind is divided.
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Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
SAPPHOOnce again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
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You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
SAPPHOYou may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
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Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
SAPPHORaise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
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I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
SAPPHOI will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
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The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
SAPPHOThe moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
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Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
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How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
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Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
SAPPHOLove shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
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