{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/saph/sap/sap20.htm","path":"cla/saph/sap/sap20.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/saph/sap/sap20.htm","text":"Sappho and Phaon, by Mary Robinson, [1796]\nLove steals unheeded o\u2019er the tranquil mind, \n As Summer breezes fan the sleeping main,\n Slow through each fibre creeps the subtle pain,\n \u2019Till closely round the yielding bosom twin\u2019d.\n Vain is the hope the magic to unbind,\n The potent mischief riots in the brain,\n Grasps ev\u2019ry thought, and burns in ev\u2019ry vein,\n \u2019Till in the heart the Tyrant lives enshrin\u2019d.\n Oh! Victor strong! bending the vanquish\u2019d frame;\n Sweet is the thraldom that thou bid\u2019st us prove!\n And sacred is the tear thy victims claim,\n For blest are those whom sighs of sorrow move!\n Then nymphs beware how ye profane my name,\n Nor blame my weakness, till like me ye love!","title":"Sappho and Phaon: XVII. The Tyranny of Love.","type":"page"}