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The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.

Sappho

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

Alone Moon Night Pass Time
Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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Breathe Command Immortal Myself Word
Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
SAPPHO

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

Division Known Mindset Myself
Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
SAPPHO

Beautiful Endurance Goodness Willing
Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
SAPPHO

Ancient Mountain Shake Soul
If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SAPPHO

Nature Yourself
Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
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Death Evil God Judgement
I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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Mindset Myself
What cannot be said will be wept.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
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
Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
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Experience Neighbor Virtue
Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur

The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.

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