{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/pos/pos59.htm","path":"cla/pos/pos59.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/pos/pos59.htm","text":"The Poems of Sappho, by John Myers O'Hara, [1910]\nSleep thou in the bosom\n Of thy tender girl friend,\n Telesippa, gentle\n Maiden from Miletus.\nLike twin petals shyly\n Closing to the darkness,\n Dewy on your drooping\n Lids shall fall her kisses.\nWhile her arms enfold you,\n On your drowsy senses\n Shall her soft caresses\n Seal delicious languor.\nWarm from her desireful\n Heart the flush of passion\n On your cheek unconscious,\n With her sighs shall deepen.\nAll the long sweet night-time,\n Sleepless while you slumber,\n She shall lie and quiver\n With her love's mad longing.","title":"The Poems of Sappho: Girl Friends: Telesippa","type":"page"}