]Sardisoften turning her thoughts here]you like a goddessand in your song most of all she rejoiced. But now she is conspicuous among Lydian womenas sometimes at sunsetthe rosyfingered moonsurpasses all the stars. And her lightstretches over salt seaequally and flowerdeep fields. And the beautiful dew is poured outand roses bloom and frailchervil and flowering sweetclover. But she goes back and forth rememberinggentle Atthis and in longingshe bites her tender mind . Sappho
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The phrase, "Sardisoften turning her thoughts here you like a goddess and in your song most of all she rejoiced.But now she is conspicuous among Lydian women as sometimes at sunset the rosyfingered moonsurpasses all the stars." (from Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem, Ode to Sardis) comes from the Greek poet Hesiod. Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet who wrote about the gods and stories that were told in his time. He was also known as the oldest of the Greek poets.

Source: If Not, Winter: Fragments Of Sappho

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