Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOREVER DEAD, by SAPPHO


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FOREVER DEAD, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Death shall be death forever unto thee
Last Line: Among the shadowy, averted dead.
Subject(s): Aphrodite; Love - Erotic; Love; Mythology - Classical


DEATH shall be death forever unto thee,
Lady, with no remembrance of thy name
Then or thereafter; for thou gatherest not
The roses of Pieria, loving gold
Above the Muses. Even in Hades' House
Wander thou shalt unmarked, flitting forlorn
Among the shadowy, averted dead.





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