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I know not what to do, my mind is divided.

Sappho

With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
SAPPHO

Myself Strike Venom
There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
SAPPHO

Grief Home Place Serve
I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
SAPPHO

Body Cushion Flow Gentle
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!
SAPPHO

Build Marriage Raise Sky
Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
SAPPHO

Fantasy Love One Liner
Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHO

Death Evil God Judgement
All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
SAPPHO

Mindset Myself
Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
SAPPHO

Earth Heaven Precious
May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.
SAPPHO

Naked Nerve Resilience Sensitive Word Writing
I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
SAPPHO

Division Known Mindset Myself
In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
SAPPHO

Beautiful Endurance Goodness Willing

I know not what to do, my mind is divided.

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