Arts & Sciences
To Erinna
From Miscellanies
Arts & Sciences
Though sprightly Sappho force our love and praise,
A softer wonder my pleased soul surveys,
The mild Erinna, blushing in her bays.
So, while the sun's broad beam yet strikes the sight,
All mild appears the moon's more sober light;
Serene, in virgin majesty she shines,
And, unobserved, the glaring sun declines.
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MLA
Pope, Alexander. “To Erinna.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/121/.
Chicago
Pope, Alexander. “To Erinna.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/121/.
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