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Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.

Sappho

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

Alone Moon Pass Sleep Time
If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SAPPHO

Nature Yourself
The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
SAPPHO

Beautiful Evening Stars
I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
SAPPHO

Body Cushion Flow Gentle
Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
SAPPHO

Fantasy Love One Liner
Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
SAPPHO

Ancient Mountain Shake Soul
Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
SAPPHO

Death Decision God Sick
All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
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
You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
SAPPHO

Forget Future Thinking Time Yourself
Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
SAPPHO

Breathe Command Immortal Myself Word
Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
SAPPHO

Delicious Hear Word
There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
SAPPHO

Grief Home Place Serve

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