19 April 2006

 

Quote of the Week

This is a fragment of a poem by Sappho. I've seen several translations, but my favorite was translated by one of my college professors, Sheila Colwell.



The moon has set and
the Pleiades are gone; it is
midnight, time passes,
and I sleep alone.

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