May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.
SAPPHORaise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
More Sappho Quotes
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Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
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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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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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From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
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I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
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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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I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
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Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
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No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
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Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
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You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
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Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
SAPPHO