Love
Sappho: XX
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
Love
I behold Arcturus going westward
Down the crowded slope of night-dark azure,
While the Scorpion with red Antares
Trails along the sea-line to the southward.
From the ilex grove there comes soft laughter,—
My companions at their glad love-making,—
While that curly-headed boy from Naxos
With his jade flute marks the purple quiet.
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Codex Note
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: XX.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/219/.
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: XX.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/219/.
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