Sappho's Poetry, by title

• Although they are

  Although they are
  only breath, words

  4 lines, 9 comments
• Anactoria

  Yes, Atthis, you may be sure
  Even in Sa

  21 lines, 4 comments
• And their feet move

  And their feet move
  rhythmically, as tender

  7 lines, 5 comments
• Awed by her splendor

  Awed by her splendor
  stars near the lovely

  7 lines, 5 comments
• Before They Were Mothers

  Before they were mothers
  Leto and Niobe

  4 lines, 8 comments
• Blame Aphrodite

  It's no use
  Mother dear, I

  10 lines, 8 comments
• Cleis

  Sleep, darling
  I have a small

  26 lines, 5 comments
• Cyprian, in my dream

  Cyprian, in my dream
  the folds of a purple

  7 lines, 1 comment
• Drapple-thorned Aphrodite,

  Dapple-throned Aphrodite,
  eternal daughterf God,

  30 lines, 1 comment
• He is more than a hero

  He is more than a hero
  he is a god in my eyes—

  23 lines, 10 comments
• Hymn To Aphrodite

  Throned in splendor, immortal Aphrodite!
  Child of Zeus, Enchantress, I implore thee

  33 lines, 1 comment
• I have no complaint

  I have no complaint
  prosperity that

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

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

  4 lines, 3 comments
• In the spring twilight

  In the spring twilight
  the full moon is shining:

  4 lines, 2 comments
• It is the Muses

  It is the Muses
  who have caused me

  4 lines, 1 comment
• It was you, Atthis, who said

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

  31 lines, 1 comment
• It's no use

  It's no use
  Mother dear, I

  10 lines, 1 comment
• Leto and Niobe

  Before they were mothers
  Leto and Niobe

  4 lines
• Like the gods. . .

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

  17 lines, 2 comments
• Loneliness

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

  5 lines
• Must I remind you, Cleis,

  Must I remind you, Cleis,
  that sounds of grief

  7 lines
• No Word

  I have had not one word from her
  Frankly I wish I were dead.

  21 lines
• Ode to a Loved One

  LEST as the immortal gods is he,
  The youth who fondly sits by thee,

  19 lines, 2 comments
• Of course I love you

  Of course I love you
  but if you love me,

  6 lines, 4 comments
• Prayer to Our Lady of Paphos

  Dapple-throned Aphrodite,
  eternal daughter of God,

  30 lines
• Sleep, darling

  Sleep, darling
  I have a small

  26 lines, 1 comment
• Song Of The Rose

  For Zeus chose us a King of the flowers in his mirth,
  He would call to the rose, and would royally crown it;

  12 lines, 1 comment
• Sounds of grief

  Must I remind you, Cleis,
  that sounds of grief

  6 lines
• Standing by my bed

  Standing by my bed
  in gold sandals

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Tell everyone

  Tell everyone
  now, today, I shall

  4 lines, 2 comments

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