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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEAUTY (2), by SAPPHO Poet's Biography
First Line: Like the wild hyacinth flower, which on the hills is found
Last Line: Until the purple blossom is trodden into the ground.
Variant Title(s): A Young Bride (2);one Girl (a Combination From Sappho): 2
Subject(s): Aphrodite; Beauty; Brides; Love - Erotic; Love; Mythology - Classical
First Line: Like the wild hyacinth flower, which on the hills is found
Last Line: Until the purple blossom is trodden into the ground.
Variant Title(s): A Young Bride (2);one Girl (a Combination From Sappho): 2
Subject(s): Aphrodite; Beauty; Brides; Love - Erotic; Love; Mythology - Classical
Like the wild hyacinth flower which on the hills is found,
Which the passing feet of the shepherds for ever tear and wound,
Until the purple blossom is trodden into the ground.
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