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The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.

Sappho

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

Anand Thakur
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
Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
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Agreement Death Evil God
Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
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Heart Love Shake Warning
Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
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Fantasy Love One Liner
For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHO

Death Evil God Judgement
Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SAPPHO

Nature Yourself
The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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Alone Moon Night Pass Time
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
Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
SAPPHO

Delicious Hear Word
Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
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Ancient Mountain Shake Soul
Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
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Experience Neighbor Virtue
Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
SAPPHO

Earth Embroidery Flower Spring
May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.
SAPPHO

Naked Nerve Resilience Sensitive Word Writing

The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.

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