The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep 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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The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
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With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
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Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
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Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
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Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
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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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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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You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
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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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No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
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What cannot be said will be wept.
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