Were you a Greek when all the world was young,
Before the weary years that pass and pass,
Had scattered all the temples on the grass,
Before the moss to marble columns clung?
I think your snowy tunic must have hung
As now your gown does, wave on wave a mass
Of woven water. As within a glass
I see your face when Homer's tales were sung.
Alcaeus kissed your mouth and found it sweet,
And Sappho's hand has lingered in your hand.
You half remember Lesbos as you stand
Where all the times and countries mix and meet,
And lay your weight of beauty at our feet,
A garland gathered in a distant land.
To Eleonora Duse In "the Dead City"
Sara Teasdale
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Poem topics: beauty, remember, water, world, grass, sweet, young, face, mouth, stand, glass, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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Thea Wentzel: This poem is extraordinary, going back to Greek times so fluently. Sappho's writings still applies, after all the ages. Love is a constant in life, it is not changed as time goes by.
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