04/25/2007 5:58 pm
Deathless Aphrodite of the spangled mind,
child of Zeus,who twist lures, I beg you
do not break with hard pains,
O lady, my heart
but come here if ever before
you caught my voice far off
and listening left your father’s
golden house and came,
yoking your car. And fine birds brought you,
quick sparrows over the black earth
whipping their wings down the sky
through midair—
they arrived. But you, O blessed one,
smiled in your deathless face
and asked what (now again) I have suffered and why
(now again) I am calling out
and what I want to happen most of all
in my crazy heart. Whom should I persuade (now again)
to lead you back into her love? Who, O
Sappho, is wronging you?
For if she flees, soon she will pursue.
If she refuses gifts, rather will she give them.
If she does not love, soon she will love
even unwilling.
Come to me now: loose me from hard
care and all my heart longs
to accomplish, accomplish. You
be my ally.
-Sappho
Posted by Cosmographia Books
Categories: poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, sappho, Write, Writer
Tags:
Mobile Site | Full Site
Get a free blog at WordPress.com Theme: WordPress Mobile Edition by Alex King.
[…] 7. Deathless Aphrodite of the Spangled Mind […]
By Top 10 Poems of 2010 « Nina Alvarez on 12/26/2010 at 5:19 am
[…] 8. Deathless Aphrodite of the Spangled Mind […]
By Top 10 Poems of 2011 « Poem of the Day on 12/29/2011 at 12:44 am
[…] 7. Deathless Aphrodite of the Spangled Mind […]
By Top 10 Poems of 2012 « Poem of the Day on 12/28/2012 at 1:38 am
[…] 10. Deathless Aphrodite of the Spangled Mind […]
By Top 10 Poems of 2013 | Poem of the Day on 12/30/2013 at 11:56 am
[…] 8. Deathless Aphrodite of the Spangled Mind […]
By Top 10 Poems of 2014 | Poem of the Day on 01/02/2015 at 8:03 pm
[…] 7. Deathless Aphrodite of the Spangled Mind (743) […]
By Top 10 Poems of 2015 | Poem of the Day on 12/31/2015 at 2:52 pm
[…] 8. Deathless Aphrodite of the Spangled Mind […]
By Top 10 Poems of 2017 | Poem of the Day on 12/31/2017 at 10:39 pm
[…] 5. Deathless Aphrodite of the Spangled Mind […]
By Top 10 Poems of 2018 | Poem of the Month on 12/31/2018 at 8:06 am
[…] 4. Deathless Aphrodite of the Spangled Mind […]
By Top 10 Poems of 2020 | Poem of the Month on 12/31/2020 at 7:20 pm