Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


A GIRL by SAPPHO

First Line: I HAVE A CHILD; SO FAIR
Last Line: NOR LANDS MEN LONG TO SEE.
Subject(s): APHRODITE; LOVE - EROTIC; GIRLS; LOVE; MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL;

I HAVE a child; so fair
As golden flowers is she,
My Cleis, all my care.
I'd not give her away
For Lydia's wide sway
Nor lands men long to see.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net