Nature
Fragment 52
Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton (1885) · From Fragments
Nature
The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, the time is going by, and I sleep alone.
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Sappho. “Fragment 52.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/47/.
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Sappho. “Fragment 52.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/47/.
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