Sappho: Quotes about sleep

Sappho was ancient Greek lyric poet. Explore interesting quotes on sleep.
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“The moon has set,
And the Pleiades.
Midnight.
The hour has gone by.
I sleep alone.”

Sappho

Stanley Lombardo translations, Frag. 72

“O dream on your black wings
you come when I am sleeping.


Sweet is the god but still I am
in agony and far from my strength.


for I had hope (none now) to share
something of the blessed gods,


nor was I so foolish
as to scorn pleasant toys.


Now may I have
all these things.”

Sappho

Fragment 63 Voigt
The Willis Barnstone translations, Dream

“O dream on your black wings
you come when I am sleeping.”

Sappho

The Willis Barnstone translations, Dream