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Chapter 6 | |
| Sappho - Hymn to Aphrodite | ||
| 615 BCE | ||
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Daughter of Zeus, | |
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Immortal Aphrodite, | |
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Queen of the broidered throne, |
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distress'd I pray thee, |
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Weaver of wiles, |
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break not my heart with anguish, |
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O Goddess, hear me! |
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Now hither come, as once before thou camest, |
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Hearing my voice afar, and lean to listen; |
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Camest with golden chariot, leaving swiftly |
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Thy father's dwelling. |
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Beautiful, fleet thy sparrows drew thee hither, |
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Round the dark earth |
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from heaven's height descending, |
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Whirled they with wings |
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through deeps of middle aether, |
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Fluttering came they. |
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Then thou, blest once, with lips immortal smiling, |
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Didst ask - |
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"Why weepest thou? What is befallen? |
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Whom wouldst thy heart and beauty |
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draw to love thee? |
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Who wrongs thee, Sappho? |
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"She who spurns gifts shall give; |
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who flies shall follow; |
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If she loves not, unwilling soon shall love thee." |
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Ah, come, from care release, fulfil my yearning; |
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Help, I beseech thee. |
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Daughter of Zeus, |
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Immortal Aphrodite, |
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Queen of the broidered throne, |
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distress'd I pray thee, |
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Weaver of wiles, |
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break not my heart with anguish, |
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O Goddess, hear me! |
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