(c. 600 BCE / Greece)

poet Sappho
#65 on top 500 poets
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Claïs

I have a daughter,
Claïs fair,
Poised like a golden flower in the air,
Lydian treasures her limbs outshine
(Claïs, beloved one,
Claïs mine!)

Submitted: Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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