Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
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Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
SapphoSappho Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
SapphoSappho Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
SapphoSappho 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 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 The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
SapphoSappho From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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Alan BeckAlan Beck What is commonly called a pest is nature’s way of bringing back into balance an imbalance that man has created.
Alan ChadwickAlan Chadwick There are some days when you don’t feel like being Alan Cumming.
Alan CummingAlan Cumming The idea was to restore the rule of law, to bring order to a chaotic situation.
Alan BersinAlan Bersin The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
Al PacinoAl Pacino As victims of hurt, we frequently don’t bring up what ails us, because so many wounds look absurd in the light of day.
Alain de BottonAlain de Botton After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can’t bring back anything to life.
Alan AldaAlan Alda It doesn’t mean we don’t take it seriously, but no one is under the delusion (that we’re) bringing world peace.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin