The Poems of Sappho: Partheneia: Didaktika: Ever Maiden
The Poems of Sappho, by John Myers O'Hara, [1910]
I shall be ever maiden,
Ever the little child,
In my passionate quest for the lovely,
By earth's glad wonder beguiled.
I shall be ever maiden,
Standing in soul apart,
For the Gods give the secret of beauty
Alone to the virgin heart.