Love
To her maiden-friends, or, as some critics hold, to the Muses (Way)
Translated by Arthur S. Way (1920) · From Sappho and the Vigil of Venus (1920)
To you, companions mine, will I
Sing my most sweet heart-gladdening song,
To you, whose love, whose praise on high
Throned me above earth's poet-throng;—
While some, whose lives by me were crowned
With blessing, I most thankless found;—
But you, O you mine whole life long
Shall prove my constancy.
Codex Note
Way weaves several fragments in the same metre into one connected poem (his preface); the joins are his.
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MLA
Sappho. “To her maiden-friends, or, as some critics hold, to the Muses (Way).” Translated by Arthur S. Way. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/133/.
Chicago
Sappho. “To her maiden-friends, or, as some critics hold, to the Muses (Way).” Translated by Arthur S. Way. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/133/.
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