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KEATS - SAPPHO by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: METHINKS, WHEN FIRST THE NIGHTINGALE
Last Line: THE PANTINGS OF HER HEART.
Subject(s): KEATS, JOHN (1795-1821); POETRY & POETS; SAPPHO (610-580 B.C.);

METHINKS, when first the nightingale
Was mated to thy deathless song,
That Sappho with emotion pale,
A mid the Olympian throng,
Again, as in the Lesbian grove,
Stood listening with lips apart,
To hear in thy melodious love
The pantings of her heart.



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