Love
Sappho: II
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
Love
What shall we do, Cytherea?
Lovely Adonis is dying.
Ah, but we mourn him!
Will he return when the Autumn
Purples the earth, and the sunlight
Sleeps in the vineyard?
Will he return when the Winter
Huddles the sheep, and Orion
Goes to his hunting?
Ah, but thy beauty, Adonis,
With the soft spring and the south wind,
Love and desire!
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Codex Note
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: II.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/201/.
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: II.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/201/.
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