Poems by Sappho

Workmen lift high
The beams of the roof,
Hymenæ us! Like Ares from sky
Comes th...

O Muse, upon thy golden throne,
Far in the azure, fair, alone.
Sing what the Teian sweetly ...

Yea, thou shalt die,
And lie
Dumb in the silent tomb;
Nor to th...

If love thou hast for me, not hate,
Arise and find a younger mate;
For I no longer will abid...

Daughter of Zeus and Immortal,
Aphrodite, serene
Weaver of spells, at thy portal
Hear me an...

Fragments 108, 110, 115, 117, 116, 111, 114, and 113 combined. This is the lamentation-so...

With flowers fair adorn thy lustrous hair,
Dica, amidst thy locks sweet blossoms twine,
With...

This dust was Timas; and they say
That almost on her wedding day
She found her bridal home to b...

Fragments 91, 92, 99, 106, 104, 103, 100, 105, 101, 102, 96, 109, 93, 94, 97, 95, ...

Children astray to their mothers, and goats to the herd,
Sheep to the shepherd, through twili...

Over the fisher Pelagon Meniscus his father set
The oar worn by the wave, the trap, and the fi...

Death shall be death forever unto thee,
Lady, with no remembrance of thy name
Then or thereaf...

What country maiden charms thy heart,
However fair, however sweet,
Who has not learned by gr...

O Hesperus, thou bringest all good things--
Home to the weary, to the hungry cheer,
To the y...

I have a daughter,
Claï s fair,
Poised like a golden flower in the air,
Lydian treasur...