Sappho's Poetry, by popularity

• Must I remind you, Cleis,

  Must I remind you, Cleis,
  that sounds of grief

  7 lines
• To Evening

  O HESPERUS! Thou bringest all things home;
  All that the garish day hath scattered wide;

  4 lines, 3 comments
• To Aphrodite

  You know the place: then
  Leave Crete and come to us

  16 lines
• The Arbor

  He seems to he a god, that man
  Facing you, who leans to be close,

  20 lines
• Loneliness

  Set are the Pleiades; the  Moon is down
  And midnight dark on high.

  5 lines
• Sounds of grief

  Must I remind you, Cleis,
  that sounds of grief

  6 lines
• Prayer to Our Lady of Paphos

  Dapple-throned Aphrodite,
  eternal daughter of God,

  30 lines
• To any army wife

  To any army wife, in Sardis:
  Some say a cavalry corps,

  22 lines
• Cyprian, in my dream

  Cyprian, in my dream
  the folds of a purple

  7 lines, 1 comment
• I took my lyre and said

  I took my lyre and said:
  Come now, my heavenly

  4 lines, 3 comments
• Leto and Niobe

  Before they were mothers
  Leto and Niobe

  4 lines
• We put the urn aboard ship

  We put the urn aboard ship
  with this inscription:

  9 lines, 1 comment
• We shall enjoy it

  We shall enjoy it
  as for him who finds

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Words

  Although they are
  only breath, words

  4 lines, 2 comments
• Yes, Atthis, you may be sure

  Yes, Atthis, you may be sure
  Even in Sardis

  21 lines, 3 comments
• It was you, Atthis, who said

  It was you, Atthis, who said
  "Sappho, if you will not get

  31 lines, 1 comment
• We know this much

  We know this much
  Death is an evil;

  6 lines, 2 comments
• It is the Muses

  It is the Muses
  who have caused me

  4 lines, 1 comment
• It's no use

  It's no use
  Mother dear, I

  10 lines, 1 comment
• Drapple-thorned Aphrodite,

  Dapple-throned Aphrodite,
  eternal daughterf God,

  30 lines, 1 comment
• Anactoria

  Yes, Atthis, you may be sure
  Even in Sa

  21 lines, 4 comments
• Like the gods. . .

  In my eyes he matches the gods, that man who
  sits there facing you--any man whatever--

  17 lines, 2 comments
• In the spring twilight

  In the spring twilight
  the full moon is shining:

  4 lines, 2 comments
• Tonight I've watched

  TOnight I've watched
  the moon and then

  8 lines, 2 comments
• Before They Were Mothers

  Before they were mothers
  Leto and Niobe

  4 lines, 8 comments
• Standing by my bed

  Standing by my bed
  in gold sandals

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Cleis

  Sleep, darling
  I have a small

  26 lines, 5 comments
• I have no complaint

  I have no complaint
  prosperity that

  6 lines, 1 comment
• You may forget but

  You may forget but
  let me tell you

  5 lines, 3 comments
• Tell everyone

  Tell everyone
  now, today, I shall

  4 lines, 2 comments

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