1. Home »
  2. World Poets »
  3. Sappho

In the spring twilight

by Sappho

Sappho

In the spring twilight
the full moon is shining:
Girls take their places
as though around an altar




Quotes of the Day

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.
• John Ciardi


Poems of the Day
  • Ogden Nash
    I Do, I Will, I Have
    by Ogden Nash
    How wise I am to have instructed the butler to instruct the first footman to instruct the second footman to instruct the doorman to order my carriage;