{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/saph/sap/sap13.htm","path":"cla/saph/sap/sap13.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/saph/sap/sap13.htm","text":"Sappho and Phaon, by Mary Robinson, [1796]\nDang\u2019rous to hear, is that melodious tongue,\n And fatal to the sense those murd\u2019rous eyes,\n Where in a sapphire sheath, Love\u2019s arrow lies,\n Himself conceal\u2019d the crystal haunts among!\n Oft o\u2019er that form, enamour\u2019d have I hung,\n On that smooth cheek to mark the deep\u2019ning dyes,\n While from that lip the fragrant breath would rise,\n That lip, like Cupid\u2019s bow with rubies strung!\n Still let me gaze upon that polish\u2019d brow,\n O\u2019er which the golden hair luxuriant plays;\n So, on the modest lily\u2019s leaves of snow\n The proud Sun revels in resplendent rays!\n Warm as his beams this sensate heart shall glow, \n Till life\u2019s last hour, with Phaon\u2019s self decays!","title":"Sappho and Phaon: X. Describes Phaon.","type":"page"}