Sappho Sappho

I have no complaint prosperity that the golden Muses gave me was no delusion: dead,
I won't be forgotten

In the spring twilight the full moon is shining:
Girls take their places as though around an altar

Dapple-throned Aphrodite, eternal daughter of God, snare-knitter
Don't,
I beg you, cow my heart with grief
Come, as once when you heard my far- off cry and, listening, stepped from your father's house to your gold car, to yoke the p...

Throned in splendor, immortal Aphrodite
Child of Zeus,
Enchantress,
I implore thee Slay me not in this distress and anguish,

It is the Muses who have caused me to be honored: they taught me their craft

Cyprian, in my dreamthe folds of a purplekerchief shadowedyour cheeks —- the
Timas one time sent,a timid gift, allthe way from Phocaeatranslated by:
Barnard

I took my lyre and said:
Come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument

It's no
Mother dear,
Ican't finish myweaving        You mayblame Aphroditesoft as she isshe has almostkilled me withlove for that boytranslated by:
Barnard

What country maiden charms thy heart,
However fair, however sweet,
Who has not learned by gracious
To draw her dress around her feet

Awed by her splendor stars near the lovely moon cover their own bright faces when she is roundest and lights earth with her silver

Sleep, darlingI have a smalldaughter
Cleis, who islike a goldenflower I wouldn'ttake all Croesus'kingdom with lovethrown in, for her—-Don't ask me what to wearI have no embroideredheadband from Sardis togive you,
Cleis, such asI wore and...

He is more than a hero he is a god in my eyes— the man who is allowed to sit beside you — he who listens intimately to the sweet murmur of your voice, the enticing laughter that makes my own heart beat fast
If I meet you suddenly,
I can'...