Love
A last word at parting (Way)
Translated by Arthur S. Way (1920) · From Sappho and the Vigil of Venus (1920)
Love
Stand face to face with me a space,
Friend of my heart,
For one long gaze on thine eyes' grace
Before we part.
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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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MLA
Sappho. “A last word at parting (Way).” Translated by Arthur S. Way. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/139/.
Chicago
Sappho. “A last word at parting (Way).” Translated by Arthur S. Way. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/139/.
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