and bittersweet
that loosener
of limbs, Love
reptile-like
strikes me down
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We shall enjoy it
fault, may sillinessand sorrow take him!
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
Must I remind you, Cleis,
are unbecmoming ina poet’s household?and that they are notsuitable in ours?[Note: ‘A poet’s household’ is more litterally one ‘dedicated to the Muses.’]
Then, as the broad moon rose on high,
And some in graceful measureThe well-loved spot danced round,With lightsome footsteps treadingThe soft and grassy ground.
Fragments 91, 92, 99, 106, 104, 103, 100, 105, 101, 102, 96, 109, 93, 94, 97, 95, and 133 combined.
(Sing the Hymen-refrain!)Ye builders, of the bridal-dwelling!(Sing the Hymen-refrain!)Lo, the bridegroom comes, as the War-god tall —(Sing the Hymen-refrain!)Now nay — yet our tallest in stature excelling;(Sing the Hymen-refrain!)For stately he towers above all the throngAs the Lesbian singer towers amongAll alien poets, a prince of song.O happy bridegroom! it cometh to-day,The bridal thine heart…
Before they were mothers
had been the mostdevoted of friends