You know the place: then
Leave Crete and come to us
waiting where the grove is
pleasantest, by precincts
sacred to you; incense
smokes on the altar, cold
streams murmur through the
apple branches, a young
rose thicket shades the ground
and quivering leaves pour
down deep sleep; in meadows
where horses have grown sleek
among spring flowers, dill
scents the air. Queen! Cyprian!
Fill our gold cups with love
stirred into clear nectar
Sappho
tr. Barnard
To Aphrodite
Sappho
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Poem topics: I love you, rose, sleep, spring, deep, young, place, clear, apple, cold, queen, gold, nectar, love, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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