Sappho

Here you will find thePoemThe Dust Of Timasof poet Sappho

The Dust Of Timas

This dust was Timas; and they say That almost on her wedding day She found her bridal home to be The dark house of Persephone. And many maidens, knowing then That she would not come back again, Unbound their curls; and all in tears, They cut them off with sharpened shears.