Awed by her splendor | A poem by Sappho, 630 – 570 BC

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Albert Bierstadt, Cloud Study, Moonlight, 1860

Stars near the lovely
moon cover their own
bright faces
when she
is roundest and lights
earth with her silver

Sappho, 630 – 570 BC

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