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SAPPHO, One Hundred Lyrics
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Bliss Carman
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Sleep thou in the bosom
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Of the tender comrade,
While the living water
Whispers in the well-run,
And the oleanders
Glimmer in the moonlight.
Soon, ah, soon the shy birds
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Will be at their fluting,
And the morning planet
Rise above the garden;
For there is a measure
Set to all things mortal.
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