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Sappho49 quotes“I would not think to touch the sky with two arms”
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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.
SapphoSappho How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
SapphoSappho Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
SapphoSappho Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
SapphoSappho Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
SapphoSappho The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
SapphoSappho 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!
SapphoSappho Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
SapphoSappho The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
SapphoSappho From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
SapphoSappho I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
SapphoSappho Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
SapphoSappho You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
SapphoSappho Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
SapphoSappho The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
SapphoSappho Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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