Claïs

  by: Sappho (c. 610-570 B.C.)

    translated by H. de Vere Stacpoole

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

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