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Born in 612 BC / Died in 570 BC / Greece / Greek

Poems by Sappho

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Like The Sweet Apple

... Like the sweet apple that reddens ...

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Sappho To Her Girlfriends

... As though thou wert of all earth's daughters queen! ...

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Dica

... She waits, but round whose locks no flowers shine ...

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Yes, Atthis, you may be sure

... she wanders aimlessly, thinking of gentle ...

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Thy Form Is Lovely

... Thy form is lovely and thine eyes are honeyed, ...

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Sounds of grief

... Must I remind you, Cleis, ...

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No Word

... no woodlot bloomed in spring without song&hellip ...

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The Dust Of Timas

... and they say That almost on her wedding day ...

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To Anactoria, Who Has Forsaken A Once-Loved Girlfriend Of Sappho

... Hear the proof, which lightly, I wot, convinces: — ...

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Sleep, darling

... a girl whose hair is yellower than ...

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Wedding Song

... Hymenæus! Than men who must die ...

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Moonlight

... And spreads the seas with silvery light ...

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Love

... Weary with longing for the boy that still ...

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To A Rich Vulgarian

... Thou fool — that thou shouldst plume thyself ...

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Prayer to Our Lady of Paphos

... and if she won't love you -- she soon will ...