Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
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Anand Thakur
Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHOI do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
SAPPHOI know not what to do, my mind is divided.
SAPPHOLove shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
SAPPHOEros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
SAPPHOWould Jove appoint some flower to reign, in matchless beauty on the plain, the Rose (mankind will all agree). The Rose the queen of flowers should be.
SAPPHOHesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
SAPPHOWhat cannot be said will be wept.
SAPPHORaise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
SAPPHOThe evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
SAPPHOThere is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
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.
SAPPHOSome say an army of horsemen, or infantry, A fleet of ships is the fairest thing On the face of the black earth, but I say It’s what one loves.
SAPPHOHow love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
SAPPHOWith his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
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