The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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 would not think to touch the sky with two arms
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What cannot be said will be wept.
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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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The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
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Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
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Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
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Love – bittersweet, irrepressible – loosens my limbs and I tremble.
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May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.
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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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I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
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When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
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With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
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