Love
Out of Reach
Translated by Rennell Rodd (1916) · From Love, Worship and Death (1916)
Love
Like the apple that ripens rosy at the end of a branch on high,
At the utmost end of the utmost bough,
Which those that gather forgot till now.
Nay, did not forget, but only they never might come thereby.
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MLA
Sappho. “Out of Reach.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/163/.
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Sappho. “Out of Reach.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/163/.
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