Nature
Fragment 3
Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton (1885) · From Fragments
Nature
The stars about the fair moon in their turn hide their bright face when she at about her full lights up all earth with silver.
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Sappho. “Fragment 3.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/2/.
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Sappho. “Fragment 3.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/2/.
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