Venice masks

Tuesday 7 May 2019

In an age unlike our own - Sappho

I declare
That later on,
Even in an age unlike our own,
Someone will remember who we are.

Sappho (c620 - c570 BC) Lesbos, Ancient Greece
Translated by Aaron Poochigian
Source: Come Close, Penguin Classics, 2015

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