Sappho — "Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature again…"
Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
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From a lyric poem, Fragment 130, describing the overpowering nature of love.
Date: c. 7th-6th Century BCE
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