Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
SAPPHOHe who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
More Sappho Quotes
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May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.
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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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Love – bittersweet, irrepressible – loosens my limbs and I tremble.
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I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
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For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
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What cannot be said will be wept.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
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The moon has set In a bank of jet That fringes the Western sky, The pleiads seven Have sunk from heaven And the midnight hurries by; My hopes are flown And, alas! alone On my weary couch I lie.
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Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
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He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
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Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
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