Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
SAPPHOI would not think to touch the sky with two arms
More Sappho Quotes
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Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
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Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
SAPPHOAll the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
SAPPHOThe moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
SAPPHONow the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
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May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.
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What cannot be said will be wept.
SAPPHOWhat cannot be said will be wept.
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When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
SAPPHOWhen anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
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The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
SAPPHOThe Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
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Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
SAPPHOBeauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
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I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
SAPPHOI will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
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I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
SAPPHOI do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
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Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
SAPPHOAlthough only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
SAPPHORaise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
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Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHODeath is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
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I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
SAPPHOI would not think to touch the sky with two arms
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