Love
Fragment 90
Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton (1885) · From Fragments
Love
Sweet Mother, I cannot weave my web, broken as I am by longing for a boy, at soft Aphrodite's will.
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MLA
Sappho. “Fragment 90.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/82/.
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Sappho. “Fragment 90.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/82/.
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