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MOTHER, I CANNOT MIND MY WHEEL by SAPPHO

First Line: SWEET MOTHER, LET THE WEAVING BE
Last Line: I LONG FOR MY YOUNG LOVE.
Subject(s): APHRODITE; LOVE - EROTIC; LOVE; MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL;

SWEET mother, let the weaving be,
My hand is faint to move.
Frail Aphrodite masters me;
I long for my young love.



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