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

Sappho

He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
SAPPHO

Fair Goodness Himself
With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
SAPPHO

Myself Strike Venom
Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
SAPPHO

Agreement Death Evil God
Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
SAPPHO

Heart Mountain Myself Root Wild
You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
SAPPHO

Forget Future Thinking Time Yourself
Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHO

Death Evil God Judgement
Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
SAPPHO

Bring Morning Togetherness
From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
SAPPHO

Earth Heaven Precious
I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
SAPPHO

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

Anand Thakur
I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
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
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!
SAPPHO

Build Marriage Raise Sky
There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
SAPPHO

Grief Home Place Serve

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

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