by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Sappho, I will choose to go
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Sappho, I will choose to go Where the northern winds do blow Endless ice and endless snow: Rather than I once would see But a winter's face in thee, To benumb my hopes and me.
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- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To Sappho", appears in The Hesperides [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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