Builders, raise the ceiling high, Raise the dome into the sky, Hear the wedding song! For the happy groom is near, Tall as Mars, and statelier, Hear the wedding song!
SAPPHOLove, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
More Sappho Quotes
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
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Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
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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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Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
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If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
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How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
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I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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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.
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Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
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Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
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Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
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