With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
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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When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
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I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
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What cannot be said will be wept.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
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Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
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Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
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The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
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Love – bittersweet, irrepressible – loosens my limbs and I tremble.
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Some say an army of horsemen, or infantry, A fleet of ships is the fairest thing On the face of the black earth, but I say It’s what one loves.
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Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
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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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