Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
SAPPHO
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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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The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
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