Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
SAPPHOLove shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
More Sappho Quotes
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
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How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
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The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
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Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
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Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
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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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Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
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No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
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When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
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The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
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I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
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Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
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He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
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