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Hero, Of Gyara Lyrics by Sappho

The Poems of Sappho

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I taught Hero, of Gyara, the swift runner;
        Swifter far was she than Atalanta,
When through clinging fleece of her wind-rippled
        Garments blushed the glimmer of her limbs.
I taught Hero, of Gyara, the swift runner;
        Lovelier was she than Atalanta,
When the straining vision of the suitor
        Saw her beauty mock impending death.
I taught Hero, of Gyara, the swift runner,
        All the singing numbers of Terpander,
Metres of Archilochus and Alcman,
        And my melic verse that glows supreme.
I taught Hero, of Gyara, the swift runner,
        Sapphics with their triple surge of music
Melting in the final verse Adonic,
        Like the foam fall of a spended wave.
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Sappho

Sappho

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