Poetry of Sappho
Poetry of Sappho
Poetry of Sappho
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Fool, don’t try to bend a stubborn heart.<br />
[Incertum 5.3]<br />
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Delicate girl, in the old days<br />
I strayed from you, and now again [<br />
[Incertum 5.4]<br />
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Cretan women once danced this way<br />
on gentle feet in time<br />
around the lovely altar, s<strong>of</strong>tly<br />
treading the tender flowers <strong>of</strong> grass.<br />
[Incertum 16 a & b]<br />
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Hékate, the shining gold attendant <strong>of</strong> Aphrodite<br />
[Incertum 23]<br />
the poetry <strong>of</strong> sappho 41
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