Sappho - Poetic Fragments

Fragment 58

Age seizes my skin and turns my hair
From black to white:
My knees no longer bear me
And I am unable to dance again
Like a fawn.

What could I do? I am not ageless:
My youth is gone.
Red-robed Dawn, immortal goddess,
Carried [ Tithonus ] to earth's end
Yet age siezed him
Despite the gift from his immortal lover ....

I love delicate softness:
For me, love has brought the brightness
And the beauty of the sun ....

Fragment 126

May you sleep on the breasts
Of your tender companion ....

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