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Bliss Carman · Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics

Poem 62 of 100 · Book I

Play up, play up thy silver flute;

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Play up, play up thy silver flute;
The crickets all are brave;
Glad is the red autumnal earth
And the blue sea.

Play up thy flawless silver flute;
Dead ripe are fruit and grain.
When love puts on his scarlet coat,
Put off thy care.

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