Love
Sappho: XXXVIII
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
Love
Will not men remember us
In the days to come hereafter,—
Thy warm-coloured loving beauty
And my love for thee?
Thou, the hyacinth that grows
By a quiet-running river;
I, the watery reflection
And the broken gleam.
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Codex Note
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: XXXVIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/237/.
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: XXXVIII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/237/.
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