Love
To one false in love (Way)
Translated by Arthur S. Way (1920) · From Sappho and the Vigil of Venus (1920)
Love
O false as fair!
I am forgotten, then, by thee!
Or haply on another shine
The eyes that once looked into mine
Pretence of love—all faithlessly!
Out! nought I care
For such as can true love betray!
Love on, forsworn, your little day:
Ye are nought to me!
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Codex Note
Way weaves several fragments in the same metre into one connected poem (his preface); the joins are his.
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Sappho. “To one false in love (Way).” Translated by Arthur S. Way. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/135/.
Chicago
Sappho. “To one false in love (Way).” Translated by Arthur S. Way. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/135/.
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