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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FLOWERS FOR THE GRACES, by SAPPHO Poet's Biography
First Line: Weave garlands, maiden, from the strands
Last Line: But turn aside from the ungarlanded.
Subject(s): Aphrodite; Love - Erotic; Flowers; Love; Mythology - Classical
First Line: Weave garlands, maiden, from the strands
Last Line: But turn aside from the ungarlanded.
Subject(s): Aphrodite; Love - Erotic; Flowers; Love; Mythology - Classical
WEAVE garlands, maiden, from the strands
Of dill, and with soft gentle hands
Set the delicious leafage round your head.
The Goddess and the happy Graces
Love to look on flower-crown'd faces,
But turn aside from the ungarlanded.
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