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Wedding Song
by:
Sappho
(c. 610-570 B.C.)
translated by H. de Vere Stacpoole
Workmen lift high
The beams of the roof,
Hymenæus!
Like Ares from sky
Comes the groom to the bride,
Hymenæus!
Than men who must die
Stands he taller in pride,
Hymenæus!
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