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!
SAPPHODeath is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
More Sappho Quotes
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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.
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
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What cannot be said will be wept.
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There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
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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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How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
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No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
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Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
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Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
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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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Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
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If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
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