Love
Sappho: LXXXIV
From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
Love
Soft was the wind in the beech-trees;
Low was the surf on the shore;
In the blue dusk one planet
Like a great sea-pharos shone.
But nothing to me were the sea-sounds,
The wind and the yellow star,
When over my breast the banner
Of your golden hair was spread.
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From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: LXXXIV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/283/.
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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: LXXXIV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/283/.
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