Love
Sappho: IX
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
Love
Nay, but always and forever
Like the bending yellow grain,
Or quick water in a channel,
Is the heart of man.
Comes the unseen breath in power
Like a great wind from the sea,
And we bow before his coming,
Though we know not why.
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Codex Note
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: IX.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/208/.
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: IX.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/208/.
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