Love

Sappho: XIX

by Bliss Carman 1861–1929

From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)

Love

There is a medlar-tree
Growing in front of my lover’s house,
And there all day
The wind makes a pleasant sound.

And when the evening comes,
We sit there together in the dusk,
And watch the stars
Appear in the quiet blue.

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From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)

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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: XIX.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/218/.

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