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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.

Sappho

No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
SAPPHO

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

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

Experience Neighbor Virtue
Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
SAPPHO

Beautiful Endurance Goodness Willing
There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
SAPPHO

Grief Home Place Serve
How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
SAPPHO

Away Love Myself
Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
SAPPHO

Agreement Death Evil God
Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
SAPPHO

Death Decision God Sick
The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
SAPPHO

Alone Moon Pass Sleep Time
With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
SAPPHO

Myself Strike Venom
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.
SAPPHO

Black Earth Face Infant Love Oneself
Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHO

Death Evil God Judgement
You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
SAPPHO

Forget Future Thinking Time Yourself
Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
SAPPHO

Fantasy Love One Liner
Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
SAPPHO

Bring Morning Togetherness

In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.

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