Love

Sappho: XCVIII

by Bliss Carman 1861–1929

From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)

Love

I am more tremulous than shaken reeds,
And love has made me like the river water.

Thy voice is as the hill-wind over me,
And all my changing heart gives heed, my lover.

Before thy least lost murmur I must sigh,
Or gladden with thee as the sun-path glitters.

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From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1907)

MLA

Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: XCVIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/297/.

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Carman, Bliss. “Sappho: XCVIII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/297/.

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