The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
SAPPHO
SAPPHO
Sappho on evening
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Love – bittersweet, irrepressible – loosens my limbs and I tremble.
SapphoSappho Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SapphoSappho With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
SapphoSappho He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
SapphoSappho 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.
SapphoSappho How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
SapphoSappho Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
SapphoSappho Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
SapphoSappho Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
SapphoSappho The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
SapphoSappho 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!
SapphoSappho Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
SapphoSappho From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
SapphoSappho I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
SapphoSappho Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
SapphoSappho You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
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T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot I screamed and cried but only because i wanted to make this right. Instead, I sat alone, shivering watching the evening turn into night.
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HeraclitusHeraclitus I want to wake up with you beside me in the mornings. I want to spend my evenings looking at you across the dinner table. I want to share every mundane detail of my day with you and hear every detail of yours. I want to laugh with you and fall asleep with you in my arms.
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