Heavenly Quote by Sappho

“]Sardis often turning her thoughts here ] you like a goddess and in your song most of all she rejoiced. But now she is…

— Sappho

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

— Sappho

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

— Sappho

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

— Sappho

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

— Sappho

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

— Sappho

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

— Sappho

“Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee, all the while, Softly speaks…

— Sappho

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

— Sappho

“I can reveal to you that I wished to die - For with much weeping she left me Saying: "Sappho - what suffering is…

— Sappho

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

— Sappho

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

— Sappho