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Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
Sappho
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The Moon and Pleiades have set, / Midnight is nigh, / The time is passing, passing, yet / Alone I lie.
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Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
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Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
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You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us
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Death is an evil the gods have so judged had it been good, they would die.
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May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.
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Death is an ill 'tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
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No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
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For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
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I do not know what to do, my mind's in two.
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I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
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Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
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