Sappho
Sappho
Sapphowas a Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos. She was born sometime between 630 and 612 BCE, and it is said that she died around 570 BCE, but little is known for certain about her life. Sappho's poetry was well-known and greatly admired through much of antiquity, and she was considered one of the canon of nine lyric poets. However, most of her poetry is now lost, and survives only in fragmentary form...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
grief house muse
There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
beautiful stars evening
The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars
army black earth
Some say an army of horsemen, or infantry, A fleet of ships is the fairest thing On the face of the black earth, but I say It's what one loves.
long-distance-relationship believe night
All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
beauty looks goodness
He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
lying muse immortality
To me the Muses truly gave / An envied and a happy lot: / E'en when I lie within the grave, / I cannot, shall not, be forgot.
sleep moon midnight
The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
love-is fables fantasy
Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
gold dawn thieves
In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
lying moon sky
The moon has set In a bank of jet That fringes the Western sky, The pleiads seven Have sunk from heaven And the midnight hurries by; My hopes are flown And, alas! alone On my weary couch I lie.
beach rubble ifs
If you are squeamish Don't prod the beach rubble.
limbs
How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away
sensual bittersweet limbs
Love - bittersweet, irrepressible - loosens my limbs and I tremble.
spring flower earth
Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery