Sappho Quotes
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Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
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The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars
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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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Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
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With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
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I do not know what to do, my mind's in two.
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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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Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.
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I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
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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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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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I know not what to do, my mind is divided
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Stars veil their beauty soon / Beside the glorious moon, / When her full silver light / Doth make the whole earth bright.
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When I look on you a moment, then I can speak no more, but my tongue falls silent, and at once a delicate flame courses beneath my skin, and with my eyes I see nothing, and my ears hum, and a wet sweat bathes me and a trembling seizes me all over.
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Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery
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Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
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Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
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Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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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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He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
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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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Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
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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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From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
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Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
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Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.
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How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away
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Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart
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