95, Along the Acheron

SAPPHO

(Lobel-Page 95 – Σαπφώ – English translation)

No [

Was taking [

Then [

Gongyla [

Surely some sign [they'd put down

For children] utmostly [

Hermes himself entered [

I said, "O my lord [

No – for, by her blessed name, I do

Not at all delight in being above the earth;

"But to die: a yearning of such holds me, and

Of those lotus-covered dew-dampened

Banks, of seeing them along the Acheron –

"⠀⠀⠀] shame [

] torch [

Let alone you [