Mother, I cannot mind my wheel; My fingers ache, my lips are dry: O, if you feel the pain I feel! But O, who ever felt as I? No longer could I doubt him true - All other men may use deceit; He always said my eyes were blue, And often swore my lips were sweet.
Fragments from Sappho
Song Cycle by Cecil Burleigh (1885 - 1980)
?. Mother, I cannot mind my wheel [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864), no title, appears in Simonidea, first published 1860 [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 55