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The Poems of Sappho, by John Myers O'Hara, [1910], at sacred-texts.com


p. 34

EVER MAIDEN

I shall be ever maiden,
  Ever the little child,
In my passionate quest for the lovely,
  By earth's glad wonder beguiled.

I shall be ever maiden,
  Standing in soul apart,
For the Gods give the secret of beauty
  Alone to the virgin heart.


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