Cyprian Poems - Poems about Cyprian

...Sappho Translations XV by Michael R. Burch Gaia, rainbow-crowned, garbs herself in myriad hues. (168c) We ran like fawns from the symposium: me, Cleis and reckless Gongyla. (168d) Destiny is......

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...Sappho Translations XIII by Michael R. Burch In these translations the fragment numbers are mostly Lobel-Page. All translations are by Michael R. Burch and should be so credited if they are used i......

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...Sappho Translations VI by Michael R. Burch Sappho, fragment 52 translation by Michael R. Burch Yesterday, you came to my house to sing for me. Today, I come to you to return the favor......

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...I call you ekwensu Because you are the witch doctor Who conjures with paper and pen the oracles of the muse. You are the pharmacist Who knows best the treatment of heart ailments And presc......

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...And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.Judges 14:18b They plowed with the heifer, A stranger of a day,...

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...Pell-mell from you as from a blazing torch Molten shards, Aflame you know not if the fire heralds freedom. Or will consume all you cherish Will only ashes be left, Hurled into the abyss from t......

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