The man to me seems equal to the gods
the man who sits opposite you
and close by listens
to your sweet voice
and your enticing laughter-
has indeed stirred up
the heart in my breast
for whenever I look at you briefly
I could no longer say a single thing,
but my tongue is frozen is silence;
instantly a delicate flame runs
beneath my skin;
with my eyes I see nothing;
my ears make a whirring noise.
A cold sweat covers me,
trembling seizes my body,
and I am greener than grass.
Lacking a bit of death
do I seem
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Sappho's Poems
RomantizmI don't usually see books with sapphic poems, even if I do, they're usually not from Sappho so I decided so make this book full of Sappho's amazing poems. Hope you like it!
