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The Moon and Stars
by:
Sappho
(c. 610-570 B.C.)
translated by Arthur S. Way
The stars that round the Queen of Night
Like maids attend her
Hide as in veils of mist their light
When she, in full-orbed glory bright.
O'er all the earth shines from her height,
A silver splendour.
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