Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
SAPPHO
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Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
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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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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
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Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
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Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
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Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
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I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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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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Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
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Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
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Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
SAPPHO