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“I want to say something but shame
prevents me
yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful things
and your tongue were not concocting some evil to say,
shame would not hold down your eyes
but rather you would speak about what is just”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
prevents me
yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful things
and your tongue were not concocting some evil to say,
shame would not hold down your eyes
but rather you would speak about what is just”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
“I would not think to touch the sky with two arms”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
“Dawn with arms of roses”
― Fragments
― Fragments
“You will have memories
Because of what we did back then
When we were new at this,
Yes, we did many things, then - all
Beautiful...”
― Come Close
Because of what we did back then
When we were new at this,
Yes, we did many things, then - all
Beautiful...”
― Come Close
“Sweet mother, I cannot weave –
slender Aphrodite has overcome me
with longing for a girl.”
― Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works
slender Aphrodite has overcome me
with longing for a girl.”
― Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works
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