feet of Cretan girls
danced once around an
altar of love, crushing
a circle in the soft
smooth flowering grass
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Fragments 84, 45, 82, 36, 38, 37, 40, 80, 50, 55, and 42 combined.
From the golden halls of Olumpus on high!O shell divine, now, now becomeVoiceful, to utter mine heart’s wild cry!O Calliope, vouchsafe thine aidUnto one whom the Muse of Love hath betrayed!Ah me, I know not what to doWho am wildered all, in a strait betwixt two!I cry from a homeless heart storm-tossedAs a child for…
Like the very gods in my sight is he
Like the very gods in my sight is he whosits where he can look in your eyes, who listensclose to you, to hear the soft voice, its sweetnessmurmur in love andlaughter, all for him. But it breaks my spirit;underneath my breast all the heart is shaken.Let me only glance where you are, the voice dies,I…
I took my lyre and said:
tortoise shell: becomea speaking instrumentSapphotr. Barnard
O HESPERUS! Thou bringest all things home;
The sheep, the goat, back to the welcome fold;Thou bring’st the child, too, to his mother’s side
Fragments 35, 67, 81, 72, 68 combined.
On rich attire, on jewel-hoard,On dross of thine ill-gotten pelf,On carcanet and flashing ring,On meats and wines that load thy board!Ay, cup on cup past numberingThou drainest with the drunken! Fool,Who hast not learnt in wisdom’s schoolThat wealth is an accursed thingDislinked from goodness! Only whenThese twain are wedded, happinessTrue and abiding comes to blessThe…
O soft and dainty maiden, from afar
And pluck them, singing.More golden than all gold your tresses are:Never was harp-note like your voice, my love,Your voice sweet-ringing.