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Sappho, fr. 130
Ἔρος δηὖτέ μ’ ὀ λυσιμέλης δόνει,
γλυκύπικρον ἀμάχανον ὄρπετον.Love, that loosener of limbs, a bitter-sweet, irresistible creature, is agitating me again.
Sappho, fragment 154
δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα
καὶ Πληΐαδες, μέσαι δέ
νύκτες, πάρα δ’ ἔρχετ’ ὤρα,
ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω.
The moon has set, and the Pleiades. It is midnight, and time goes by; but I sleep alone.