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EVENING by SAPPHO

First Line: THOU, HESPER, BRINGEST HOMEWARD ALL
Last Line: THE CHILDREN TO THEIR MOTHER'S SIDE.
Subject(s): APHRODITE; LOVE - EROTIC; EVENING; LOVE; MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL; SUNSET; TWILIGHT;
THOU, Hesper, bringest homeward all
That radiant dawn sped far and wide,
The sheep to fold, the goat to stall,
The children to their mother's side.



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