Religion
Fragment 2
Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton (1885) · From Fragments
That man seems to me peer of gods, who sits in thy presence, and hears close to him thy sweet speech and lovely laughter; that indeed makes my heart flutter in my bosom. For when I see thee but a little, I have no utterance left, my tongue is broken down, and straightway a subtle fire has run under my skin, with my eyes I have no sight, my ears ring, sweat pours down, and a trembling seizes all my body; I am paler than grass, and seem in my madness little better than one dead. But I must dare all, since one so poor
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Sappho. “Fragment 2.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/1/.
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