Time & Brevity
Fragment 54
Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton (1885) · From Fragments
Time & Brevity
Thus at times with tender feet the Cretan women dance in measure round the fair altar, trampling the fine soft bloom of the grass.
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Sappho. “Fragment 54.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/49/.
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Sappho. “Fragment 54.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/49/.
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