Love
Sappho: XIV
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
Love
Hesperus, bringing together
All that the morning star scattered,—
Sheep to be folded in twilight,
Children for mothers to fondle,—
Me too will bring to the dearest,
Tenderest breast in all Lesbos.
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Codex Note
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: XIV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/213/.
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: XIV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/213/.
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