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SAPPHO by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS

First Line: LIKE TO A GOD HE SEEMS TO ME
Last Line: VEILED, AS IN NIGHT.
Subject(s): SAPPHO (610-580 B.C.);

LIKE to a god he seems to me,
O more than god, if that may be,
The man who, seated next to thee,
Gazes, and hears

Thy laugh of love that snatched away
My soul and sense: for on the day
I saw thee, lady, voice could say
Not any word;

But tongue grew stark, and thro my frame
Fed unforeseen a subtle flame,
And rang my ears, and eyes became
Veiled, as in night.



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