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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.

Sappho

The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
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
The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
SAPPHO

Alone Moon Night Pass Time
Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
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Beautiful Endurance Goodness Willing
From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
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Earth Heaven Precious
Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
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Heart Love Shake Warning
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
Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHO

Death Evil God Judgement
He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
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Fair Goodness Himself
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
Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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Breathe Command Immortal Myself Word
Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
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Bring Morning Togetherness
Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
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High Man Marriage Tall
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
Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
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Ancient Mountain Shake Soul

The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.

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