Sappho

Here you will find the Poem The Arbor of poet Sappho

The Arbor

He seems to he a god, that man 
Facing you, who leans to be close, 
Smiles, and, alert and glad, listens 
To your mellow voice 

And quickens in love at your laughter 
That stings my breasts, jolts my heart 
If I dare the shock of a glance. 
I cannot speak, 

My tongue sticks to my dry mouth, 
Thin fire spreads beneath my skin, 
My eyes cannot see and my aching ears 
Roar in their labyrinths. 

Chill sweat glides down my back, 
I shake, I turn greener than grass. 
I am neither living nor dead and cry 
From the narrow between.