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

Sappho

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

Anand Thakur
I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
SAPPHO

Division Known Mindset Myself
Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
SAPPHO

Heart Mountain Myself Root Wild
I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
SAPPHO

Mindset Myself
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
I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
SAPPHO

Body Cushion Flow Gentle
Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
SAPPHO

Breathe Command Immortal Myself Word
He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
SAPPHO

Fair Goodness Himself
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
Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
SAPPHO

Fantasy Love One Liner
In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
SAPPHO

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

Anand Thakur
Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
SAPPHO

Heart Love Shook Tree Trouble
If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SAPPHO

Nature Yourself

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

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