Monday, September 8, 2008

time spins away

"...They say Dawn, dazzled by love, took Tithonus
in her rose arms to the utter end of the earth..."

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"...The moon has set and
the Pleiades, Middle
of the night, time spins
away and I lie alone..."

Sappho

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lovely quotes, Sherry.

Cosmictree said...

you like?
Here is more from her:

He seems to me as fortunate as the Gods that man
who opposite you
sits and listens close
to your sweet speaking

and lovely laughing -- oh it
makes the wings of my heart flutter within my chest
for when I look at you, a moment, then no speaking
is left in me.


No, my tongue breaks, and thin
fire is racing under my skin
in my eyes no sight and drumming fills my ears


and cold sweat holds me and shaking
grips me all over; I am paler than grass
and dead or little short of it
is how I feel.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful sapphic poetry of longing,