Love
Sappho: LXV
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
Love
Softly the wind moves through the radiant morning,
And the warm sunlight sinks into the valley,
Filling the green earth with a quiet joyance,
Strength, and fulfilment.
Even so, gentle, strong and wise and happy,
Through the soul and substance of my being,
Comes the breath of thy great love to me-ward,
O thou dear mortal.
✦ ✦ ✦
Codex Note
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: LXV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/264/.
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: LXV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/264/.
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