Love
Sappho: XXV
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
Love
It was summer when I found you
In the meadow long ago,—
And the golden vetch was growing
By the shore.
Did we falter when love took us
With a gust of great desire?
Does the barley bid the wind wait
In his course?
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Codex Note
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: XXV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/224/.
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: XXV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/224/.
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