Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
SAPPHO
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Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
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Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
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You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
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Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
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I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
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I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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Some 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.
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Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
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Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
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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!
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There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
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Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
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