Mythology & Folklore
Sappho's Cursing
From Ionica (1905)
Mythology & Folklore
Woman dead, lie there;
No record of thee
Shall there ever be,
Since thou dost not share
Roses in Pieria grown.
In the deathful cave,
With the feeble troop
Of the folk that droop,
Lurk and flit and crave,
Woman severed and far-flown.
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MLA
Cory, William Johnson. “Sappho's Cursing.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cory/75/.
Chicago
Cory, William Johnson. “Sappho's Cursing.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cory/75/.
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