Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SAPPHO, by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS


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First Line: Like to a god he seems to me
Last Line: Veiled, as in night.
Alternate Author Name(s): Catullus, Caius Valerius
Subject(s): Sappho (610-580 B.c.)


LIKE to a god he seems to me,
O more than god, if that may be,
The man who, seated next to thee,
Gazes, and hears

Thy laugh of love that snatched away
My soul and sense: for on the day
I saw thee, lady, voice could say
Not any word;

But tongue grew stark, and thro my frame
Fed unforeseen a subtle flame,
And rang my ears, and eyes became
Veiled, as in night.





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