23, From across I saw you

SAPPHO

(Lobel-Page 23 – Σαπφώ – English translation)


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] desire expects [

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] for when from across I saw you,

It seemed to me not even Hermione could so lovely

Be, though to yellow-haired Helen likening you

Was not too debasing


If right for] mortals – yet know this: theirs are yours,

Their hearts] – they would for me many anxieties

] unbind from [enmity⠀⠀⠀yet

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] dewy bank

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] through the night

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