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Claïs
by:
Sappho
(c. 610-570 B.C.)
translated by H. de Vere Stacpoole
I have a daughter,
Claïs fair,
Poised like a golden flower in the air,
Lydian treasures her limbs outshine
(Claïs, beloved one,
Claïs mine!)
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