THE MOON
by: Sappho
 HE stars
about the lovely moon
- Fade back and vanish very soon,
- When, round and full, her silver face
- Swims into sight, and lights all space.
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This English translation, by Edwin
Arnold, of 'The Moon' is reprinted from Greek Poets in English
Verse. Ed. William Hyde Appleton. Cambridge: The Riverside
Press, 1893. |
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