I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
SAPPHODeath is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
More Sappho Quotes
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Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
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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.
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Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
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If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
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Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
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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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From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
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The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
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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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With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
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How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
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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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Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
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The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
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Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
SAPPHO