Author: Franz Grillparzer

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Published: 2015-07-02

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9781330561164

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Excerpt from Sappho: A Tragedy Sappho. Where the triumphal garland she has won. Before the presence of the whole of Greece Assembled there to judge the noble strife, The prize of poetry, of song, was hers! And hence our citizens pour forth in crowds To meet the favoured one, and raise her name On wide-spread wings of gladness to the clouds: And mine the hand, and mine the tongue, that first Revealed to her the language of the lyre, And taught, by harmony's sweet rules, to bind The wild unshackled liberty of song! people, from within. Hail, Sappho! Sappho, hail! rhamnes, to the maidens. Rejoice ye too! See you the garland? Melitta. I but Sappho see! We will to meet her. Rhamnes. No, remain, remain! What the poor tribute of your joy to her? She is accustomed to far higher praise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Sappho written by Franz Grillparzer and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sappho: A Tragedy Sappho. Where the triumphal garland she has won. Before the presence of the whole of Greece Assembled there to judge the noble strife, The prize of poetry, of song, was hers! And hence our citizens pour forth in crowds To meet the favoured one, and raise her name On wide-spread wings of gladness to the clouds: And mine the hand, and mine the tongue, that first Revealed to her the language of the lyre, And taught, by harmony's sweet rules, to bind The wild unshackled liberty of song! people, from within. Hail, Sappho! Sappho, hail! rhamnes, to the maidens. Rejoice ye too! See you the garland? Melitta. I but Sappho see! We will to meet her. Rhamnes. No, remain, remain! What the poor tribute of your joy to her? She is accustomed to far higher praise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.