Where Blooms the Myrtle
by: Sappho (c. 610-570 B.C.)
translated by H. de Vere Stacpoole
O Muse, upon thy golden throne,
Far in the azure, fair, alone.
Sing what the Teian sweetly sang--
The Teian sage whose lineage sprang
Where blooms the myrtle in the gay
Land of fair women far away.