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For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.

Sappho

Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
SAPPHO

Delicious Hear Word
Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
SAPPHO

Fall Love Mountain Nature
Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
SAPPHO

Heart Love Shook Tree Trouble
I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
SAPPHO

Body Cushion Flow Gentle
Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
SAPPHO

Fantasy Love One Liner
Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
SAPPHO

Death Decision God Sick
Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
SAPPHO

Experience Neighbor Virtue
The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
SAPPHO

Beautiful Evening Stars
In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SAPPHO

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

Anand Thakur
He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
SAPPHO

Fair Goodness Himself
With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
SAPPHO

Myself Strike Venom
Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
SAPPHO

Heart Mountain Myself Root Wild

For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.

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