Sappho Redivivus—A Fragment
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by driving winds the crag fmes are borne;”
now raving-wild, i curse that fatal night,
thehe hour that charm'd my guilty sight:
in vain the ws their feeble force oppose,
'd at love's feet, they groan, his vanquish'd foes.
in vain religios my shrinking eye,
i dare not bat, but i turn and fly:
s vain upbraids th' unhallow'd fire,
love grasps her scorpions—stifled they expire!
reason drops headlong from his sacred throne,
your dear idea reigns, and reigns alone;
each thought intoxicated homage yields,
and riots wanton in forbidden
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