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Bliss Carman · Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics

Poem 84 of 100 · Book I

Soft was the wind in the beech-trees;

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Soft was the wind in the beech-trees;
Low was the surf on the shore;
In the blue dusk one planet
Like a great sea-pharos shone.

But nothing to me were the sea-sounds,
The wind and the yellow star,
When over my breast the banner
Of your golden hair was spread.

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