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

Sappho

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

Anand Thakur
For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
SAPPHO

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

Heart Love Shook Tree Trouble
Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
SAPPHO

Experience Neighbor Virtue
From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
SAPPHO

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

Forget Future Thinking Time Yourself
There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
SAPPHO

Grief Home Place Serve
Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
SAPPHO

Bring Morning Togetherness
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
Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
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
What cannot be said will be wept.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
SAPPHO

Division Known Mindset Myself
Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
SAPPHO

Breathe Command Immortal Myself Word
When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur

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

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