Love
"He Cometh not," she said (Way)
Translated by Arthur S. Way (1920) · From Sappho and the Vigil of Venus (1920)
Love
The moon has dipt into the sea:
The Pleiads' westering flight is flown:
Deep midnight's pall hangs heavily:
The time fleets by: and I—ah me!—
Lie on my couch alone, alone!
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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. “"He Cometh not," she said (Way).” Translated by Arthur S. Way. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/146/.
Chicago
Sappho. “"He Cometh not," she said (Way).” Translated by Arthur S. Way. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/146/.
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