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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM SAPPHO, by SAPPHO Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou liest dead, -- lie on: of thee
Last Line: Shall find in thee a lover lost.
Subject(s): Aphrodite; Death; Love - Erotic; Love; Mythology - Classical; Dead, The
First Line: Thou liest dead, -- lie on: of thee
Last Line: Shall find in thee a lover lost.
Subject(s): Aphrodite; Death; Love - Erotic; Love; Mythology - Classical; Dead, The
THOU liest dead, -- lie on: of thee
No sweet remembrances shall be,
Who never plucked Pierian rose,
Who never chanced on Anteros.
Unknown, unnoticed, there below
Through Aides' houses shalt thou go
Alone, -- for never a flitting ghost
Shall find in thee a lover lost.
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