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Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.

Sappho

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

Anand Thakur
Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
SAPPHO

Agreement Death Evil God
Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
SAPPHO

Delicious Hear Word
Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Builders, 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!
SAPPHO

Build Marriage Raise Sky
Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
SAPPHO

Grief Home Place Serve
The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
SAPPHO

Beautiful Evening Stars
Love – bittersweet, irrepressible – loosens my limbs and I tremble.
SAPPHO

Love Myself Tremble
Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
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
Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHO

Death Evil God Judgement
I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
SAPPHO

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

Forget Future Thinking Time Yourself
What cannot be said will be wept.
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

Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.

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