{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/saph/sap/sap05.htm","path":"cla/saph/sap/sap05.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/saph/sap/sap05.htm","text":"Sappho and Phaon, by Mary Robinson, [1796]\nHigh on a rock, coaeval with the skies,\n A Temple stands, rear\u2019d by immortal pow\u2019rs\n To Chastity divine! ambrosial flow\u2019rs\n Twining round icicles, in columns rise,\n Mingling with pendent gems of orient dyes!\n Piercing the air, a golden crescent tow\u2019rs,\n Veil\u2019d by transparent clouds; while smiling hours\n Shake from their varying wings\u2014celestial joys!\n The steps of spotless marble, scatter\u2019d o\u2019er\n With deathless roses arm\u2019d with many a thorn,\n Lead to the altar. On the frozen floor,\n Studded with tear-drops petrified by scorn,\n Pale vestals kneel the Goddess to adore,\n While Love, his arrows broke, retires forlorn.","title":"Sappho and Phaon: II. The temple of Chastity.","type":"page"}