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FRAGMENTS FROM SAPPHO.
I.
[Hesperus, thou bringest near]
Hesperus, thou bringest nearAll that garish day
Scattered far away:
Thou bringest back the sheep,
Thou bringest back the goat,
Thou bringest back the children to their mother dear.
II.
[Sweet mother mine, I cannot weave my web]
Sweet mother mine, I cannot weave my web,For I am faint with deep desire
For thinking of the youth I love.
III.
[Full-faced in the sky the moon was shining]
Full-faced in the sky the moon was shining,The maidens were standing round the altar.
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IV.
[All the stars that cluster around the moonlight]
All the stars that cluster around the moonlightBack from sight their glittering faces cover,
Whensoe'er the earth at the full she lightens.
V.
[Thou shalt lie in the grave: never of thee mention or memory]
Thou shalt lie in the grave: never of thee mention or memoryMen shall hold in the long ages to come. Thou hast inherited
No Pierian flowers: down in the dark house of forgetfulness
Thou shalt go with the dim ghosts of the dead, flitting and vanishing.
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