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BEAUTY (1) by SAPPHO

First Line: LIKE THE SWEET APPLE WHICH REDDENS UPON THE TOPMOST BOUGH
Last Line: FORGOT IT NOT, NAY, BUT GOT IT NOT, FOR NONE COULD GET IT TILL NOW.
Subject(s): APHRODITE; BEAUTY; BRIDES; LOVE - EROTIC; LOVE; MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL;

LIKE the sweet apple which reddens upon the topmost bough,
A-top on the topmost twig,-- which the pluckers forgot, somehow,--
Forgot it not, nay, but got it not, for none could get it till now.



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