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“Eros once again limb-loosener whirls me sweetbitter, impossible to fight off, creature stealing up...I don't know what I should do: two states of mind in me...” quote by Sappho — Download Open image

““Eros once again limb-loosener whirls me sweetbitter, impossible to fight off, creature stealing up...I don't know what I should do: two states of mind in me...””

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“]Sardis often turning her thoughts here ] you like a goddess and in your song most of all she rejoiced. But now she is conspicuous among Lydian women as sometimes at sunset the rosyfingered moon surpasses all the stars. And her light stretches over salt sea equally and flowerdeep fields. And the beautiful dew is poured out and roses bloom…

“Kuu laskenut ja Seulaset On keskiyö, minun aikani on ohi Nukun yksin”

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“But thou shalt ever lie dead nor shall there be any remembrance of thee then or ever, for thou hast none of the roses…

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Raise high the roof beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.

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Death is an ill; 'tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.

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Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees

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Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.

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“Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee, all the while, Softly speaks and sweetly smile. 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast; For, while I gazed, in transport tossed, My breath was gone, my voice was lost; My bosom glowed; the…

You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us

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“I can reveal to you that I wished to die - For with much weeping she left me Saying: "Sappho - what suffering is ours! For it is against my will that I leave you." In answer, I said: "Go, happily remembering me For you know what we shared and pursued - If not, I wish you to see again…

I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.

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“yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful things and your tongue were not concocting some evil to say shame would not…

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