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Sleep, darling I have a small daughter called Cleis, who is
like a golden flower I wouldn't take all Croesus' kingdom with love thrown in, for her
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Don't ask me what to wear I have no embroidered headband from Sardis to give you, Cleis, such as I wore and my mother always said that in her day a purple ribbon looped in the hair was thought to be high style indeed
but we were dark: a girl whose hair is yellower than torchlight should wear no headdress but fresh flowers
Sappho tr. Barnard
Sappho
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