Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, by Bliss CarmanThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Sappho: One Hundred LyricsAuthor: Bliss CarmanRelease Date: May 20, 2004 [EBook #12389]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SAPPHO: ONE HUNDRED LYRICS ***Produced by David Starner, Robert Connal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.SAPPHOONE HUNDRED LYRICS BY BLISS CARMAN1907"SAPPHO WHO BROKE OFF A FRAGMENT OF HER SOUL FOR US TOGUESS AT.""SAPPHO, WITH THAT GLORIOLE OF EBON HAIR ON CALMÈD BROWS— O POET-WOMAN! NONEFORGOES THE LEAP, ATTAINING THE REPOSE."E.B. BROWNING.INTRODUCTIONTHE POETRY OF SAPPHO.—If all the poets and all the lovers of poetry should be asked to name the most precious ofthe priceless things which time has wrung in tribute from the triumphs of human genius, the answer which would rush toevery tongue would be "The Lost Poems of Sappho." These we know to have been jewels of a radiance so imperishablethat the broken gleams of them still dazzle men's eyes, whether shining from the two small brilliants and the handful ofstar-dust which alone remain to us, or reflected merely from the adoration of those poets of old time who were sofortunate as to witness their full glory.For about two ...