“O thou of divers-coloured mind, O thou
Deathless, God's daughter subtle-souled...
Child of God, close craftswoman, I beseech thee;
Bid not ache nor agony break nor master,
Lady, my spirit.”
(Sappho, tr Swinburne)
🎨 Simeon Solomon “Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene” (1864)
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