For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
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Anand Thakur
For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
SAPPHOThe moon has set In a bank of jet That fringes the Western sky, The pleiads seven Have sunk from heaven And the midnight hurries by; My hopes are flown And, alas! alone On my weary couch I lie.
SAPPHOHe who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
SAPPHODeath must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
SAPPHOI took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
SAPPHOThe moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
SAPPHOWhatever one loves most is beautiful.
SAPPHOYou may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
SAPPHOI would not think to touch the sky with two arms
SAPPHOAll the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
SAPPHOBeauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
SAPPHOBuilders, raise the ceiling high, Raise the dome into the sky, Hear the wedding song! For the happy groom is near, Tall as Mars, and statelier, Hear the wedding song!
SAPPHOOnce again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
SAPPHORaise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
SAPPHOThere is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
SAPPHOSomeone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
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