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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.

Sappho

Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
SAPPHO

Fantasy Love One Liner
The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
SAPPHO

Beautiful Evening Stars
Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
SAPPHO

Agreement Death Evil God
I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
SAPPHO

Eyes Face Grace Love Stand
Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
SAPPHO

Breathe Command Immortal Myself Word
Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHO

Death Evil God Judgement
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
The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
SAPPHO

Alone Moon Pass Sleep Time
For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
SAPPHO

Forget Future Thinking Time Yourself
Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
SAPPHO

Heart Love Shake Warning
I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
SAPPHO

Body Cushion Flow Gentle
Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur

All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.

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