Poems by Sappho
The Moon
... Swims into sight, and lights all space ...
Hesperus The Bringer
... Thou bring'st the child too to its mother's breast ...
To A Youth Who Wooed A Woman Older Than Himself
... And waits to enshroud her clay with glee, ...
To A Bride
... Give to the groom thy sweetness, softly sighing ...
A Hymn To Venus
... Though now he freezes, he soon shall burn, ...
And their feet move
... altar of love, crushing ...
Of course I love you
... to live with a young ...
Ode To Anactoria
... Ring in mine ears, my tongue lies dumb ...
With his venom
... of limbs, Love ...
The Silver Moon
... Half the long night is spent, and yet ...
To any army wife
... but I say that whatever one loves, is ...
Cyprian, in my dream
... your cheeks -- the one ...
To One who Loved not Poetry
... thy doom Is now to flit with unknown ghosts in cold and nameless gloom ...
Before They Were Mothers
... Before they were mothers ...
Hymn To Aphrodite
... Heard'st and camest, leaving thy glorious father's Palace golden, ...
