104 Quotes About Sappho

All wouldsaythat my tonguetells talesand for a greaterman

Sweet mother, now I cannot work the loom.Sleek Afroditi broke me with longing for a boy.

I could not hopeto touch the skywith my two arms

My mother used to sayin her youthit was a great ornament to weara purple ribbonlooped in her hair. But a girlwith hair yellower than torch flameneed wear justa wreath of bloomingflowers, or lately maybea colorful headbandfrom Sardisor some Ionian city

To me he seems equal to gods,the man who sits facing youand hears you near as you speaksoftly and laughin a sweet echo that joltsthe heart in my ribs. Nowwhen I look at you a momentmy voice is emptyand can say nothing as my tonguecracks and slender fire racesunder my skin. My eyes are deadto light, my earspound, and sweat pours over me.I convulse, greener than grassand feel my mind slip as I goclose to deathYet I must suffer, even poor

The moon has set andthe Pleiades. Middleof the night, time spinsaway and I lie alone.

Goatherda roselongingsweat

You came and I went mad about you.You cooled my mind burning with longing.

A man who is beautiful is beautiful to seebut a good man at once takes on beauty.