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Sappho

        ]         ]         ]pity         ]trembling         ]         ]flesh by now old age         ]covers         ]flies in pursuit         ]         ]noble         ]taking         ]sing to us the one with violets in her lap         ]mostly         ]goes astray   From If not, winter Fragments of Sappho, a translation by Anne Carson

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Sappho

He seems to me equal to gods that man whoever he is who opposite you sits and listens close         to your sweet peaking and lovely laughing–oh it puts the heart in my chest on wings for when I look at you, even a moment, no speaking         is left in me no: tongue breaks and thin [...]

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