Venice masks

Wednesday 16 August 2017

Stand and face me - Sappho

Stand and face me, dear; release
That fineness in your irises.

May you bed down,
Head to breast, upon
The flesh
Of a plush
Companion.
Sappho (c620 - c570 BC) Lesbos, Ancient Greece
Translated by Aaron Poochigian
Source: Come Close, Penguin Classics, 2015
Posted by Bruce-the-Sheep at 10:35

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