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Immortal Sappho: Translations by Michael R. Burch
by Michael R. Burch

These are modern English translations by Michael R. Burch of ancient Greek poems by the immortal Sappho of Lesbos on the subjects of love, Eros (erotic love), etc.

With my two small arms, how can I
think to encircle the sky?
—Sappho, fragment 35, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Mother, how can I weave,
so overwhelmed by love?
—Sappho, fragment 90, loose translation by Michael R. Burch


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Immortal Sappho: Translations by Michael R. Burch
by Michael R. Burch

These are modern English translations by Michael R. Burch of ancient Greek poems by the immortal Sappho of Lesbos on the subjects of love, Eros (erotic love), etc.

With my two small arms, how can I
think to encircle the sky?
—Sappho, fragment 35, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Mother, how can I weave,
so overwhelmed by love?
—Sappho, fragment 90, loose translation by Michael R. Burch


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