193 Quotes by Sappho

Like a sweet apple reddening on a high branch,on the tip of the topmost branch and forgottenby the apple pickers—no, beyond their reach.Like a hyacinth in the mountains that shepherd mentrample down with their feet, and on the earththe purple flower

Virginity, virginity, where have you gone, leaving me abandoned?No longer will I come to you. No longer will I come.

May you sleepon your tender girlfriend's breasts

O dream on black wingsyou stray here when sleepsweet god, I am in agonyto split all its powerfor I expect not to share.Nothing of the blessed godsI would rather not be like thiswith trinketsbut mayI have them all

Now in myheart Isee clearlya beautifulfaceshining back on me,stainedwith love

It is not right in a house serving the Musesto have mourning. For us it is unbecoming.

In pityandtremblingold age nowcovers my flesh.Yet there is chasing and floatingafter a young woman.Pick up your lyreand sing to usof one with roseson her robe, especiallywandering

Gongylasurely a signespecially for childrenwho came hereI said, O master [...] by the blessedAfroditi [...] I swear I take no pleasurein being on the earthbut a longing seizes me to dieand see the dewylotus banks of the Aheron

When you lie dead no one will rememberor long for you later. You do not share the rosesof Pieria. Unseen here and in the house of Hades,flown away, you will flitter among dim corpses.