Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
SAPPHODeath is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
More Sappho Quotes
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I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
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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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Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
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Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
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Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
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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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Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
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How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
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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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For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
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