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Bliss Carman · Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics

Poem 14 of 100 · Book I

Hesperus, bringing together

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Hesperus, bringing together
All that the morning star scattered,—

Sheep to be folded in twilight,
Children for mothers to fondle,—

Me too will bring to the dearest,
Tenderest breast in all Lesbos.

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