Love
Sappho: XLVII
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
Love
Like torn sea-kelp in the drift
Of the great tides of the sea,
Carried past the harbour-mouth
To the deep beyond return,
I am buoyed and borne away
On the loveliness of earth,
Little caring, save for thee,
Past the portals of the night.
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Codex Note
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: XLVII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/246/.
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: XLVII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/246/.
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