Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
SAPPHO
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
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Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
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The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
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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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I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
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What cannot be said will be wept.
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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
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If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
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Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
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Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
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Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
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The moon has set In a bank of jet That fringes the Western sky, The pleiads seven Have sunk from heaven And the midnight hurries by; My hopes are flown And, alas! alone On my weary couch I lie.
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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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Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
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