193 Quotes by Sappho

Delicate girlonce againI leapedand wandered

You have done wrong, Mika,I won't allow you tofaithless you chose love in the houseof PenthilosA sweet songin a honey voicesingsclear nightingalesover dew fields.

I want to say something to you but shame disarms me''If you longed for the good or beautifuland your tongue were not concocting evilshame would not cover your eyes.Rather you would speak about the just,

I am weary of all your words and soft, strange ways.

Dawn with arms of roses

But thou shalt ever lie dead nor shall there be any remembrance of thee then or ever, for thou hast none of the roses of Pieria; but thou shalt wander unnoticed, even in the houses of Hades, flitting among the shadowy dead.Forever shalt thou lie dead, nor shall there be any remembrance of thee now or hereafter, for never has thou had any of the roses of Pieria; but thou shalt wander, eternally unregarded in the houses of Hades, flitting among the insubstantial shades.

Yes, we did many things, then - allBeautiful...

Leave Crete and sweep to this blest templeWhere apple-orchard's eleganceIs yours, and smouldering altars, ampleFrankincense.Here under boughs a bracing springPercolates, roses without numberUmber the earth and, rustling,The leaves drip slumber.Here budding flowers possess a sunnyPasture where steeds could graze their fill,And the breeze feels as gentle as honey...Kypris, here in the present blendYour nectar with pure festal glee.Fill gilded bowls and pass them roundLavinshly.

Afroditi of the Flowers at KnossosLeave Kriti and come here to this holytemple with your graceful groveof apple trees and altars smoking with frankincense.Icy water babbles through apple branchesand roses leave shadow on the groundand bright shaking leaves pour downprofound sleep.Here is a meadow where horses grazeamid wild blossoms of the spring and soft windsblow aromaof honey. Afroditi, take the nectar and delicately pour it into goldwine cups and mingle joy withour celebration.