sappho rediviv—a fragnt
by all i lov&039;d, neglected and fot,
no friendly face e&039;er lights y salid t;
shunn&039;d, hated, wrong&039;d, unpitied, unredrest,
the ock&039;d ation of the srner&039;s jest!
ev&039;n the poor support of y wretched life,
snatched by the violence of legal strife
oft grateful for y very daily bread
to those y faily&039;s once r bounty fed;
a wele ate at their holy fare,
y griefs, y woes, y sighs, y tears they share:
(their vulgar uls unlike the uls ref&039;d,
the fashioned arble of the polished d)
va would prudence, with dero sneer,
pot out a censurg world, and bid fear;
above the world, on gs of love, i rise—
i know its worst, and can that worst despise;
let prudence&039; direst bodents on fall,
[ontgor]y, rich reward, o&039;erpays the all!
ild zephyrs waft thee to life&039;s farthest shore,
nor thk of and y distress ore,—
falsehood aurst! no! still i beg a pce,
still near thy heart little, little trace:
for that dear trace the world i would resign:
o let live, and die, and thk it e!
“i burn, i burn, as when thro&039; ripen&039;d rn
by drivg ds the cracklg fs are borne;”
now ravg-wild, i curse that fatal night,
then bless the hour that char&039;d y guilty sight:
va the ws their feeble force oppose,
cha&039;d at love&039;s feet, they groan, his vanish&039;d foes
va religion ets y shrkg eye,
i dare not bat, but i turn and fly:
nscience va upbraids th&039; unhallow&039;d fire,
love grasps her srpions—stifled they expire!
rean drops headlong fro his sacred throne,
your dear idea reigns, and reigns alone;
each thought toxicated hoa yields,
and riots wanton forbidden fields
by all on high adorg ortals know!
by all the nscio vil fears below!
by your d
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