by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

O Hesperus, thou bringest all good...
Language: English  after the Aeolic Greek 
O Hesperus, thou bringest all good things --
Home to the weary, to the hungry cheer,
To the young bird the parent's brooding wings,
The welcome stall to the o'erlabored steer;
Whate'er our household gods protect of dear,
Are gathered round us by thy look of rest;
Thou bring'st the child too to its mother's breast.

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