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


p. 74

MEGARA

Thou burnest us, Megara,
With thy passions wild;
Bringing from Panormus
Such unbridled fires.

Thou burnest us, a supple
Flow of tortured flame,
Raging, biting, searing,
Lawless of the will.

Thou burnest us, Megara,
Love must know reserve,
Curbing power to keep it
Keener for restraint.


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