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.
Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
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"Like the sweet apple which reddens upon the topmost bough, at the very topmost top – the apple-gatherers have forgotten it – no, not forgotten it, but they could not reach it."
"My tongue is broken, a subtle fire runs beneath my skin, my eyes see nothing, my ears hum, cold sweat pours down me, a trembling seizes all my body, and I am greener than grass."
"Be kind to me, Gongyla, I ask you..."
"May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve."
"I want to tell you something but good taste. Restrains me."
From a lyric poem, Fragment 130, describing the overpowering nature of love.
Date: c. 7th-6th Century BCE
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