"May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve."
"The Moon and Pleiades have set, / Midnight is nigh, / The time is passing, passing, yet / Alone I lie."
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Source: Sappho: Memoir, Text, Selected Renderings, and a Literal Translation.
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