Living

Fragment 55

by Sappho c. 630 – c. 570 BC

Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton (1885) · From Fragments

Living

Then delicately in thick robe I sprang.

MLA

Sappho. “Fragment 55.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/50/.

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Sappho. “Fragment 55.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/50/.

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