Dapple-throned Aphrodite, br eternal daughter of God, br snare-knitter! Don't, I beg you, br br cow my heart with grief! Come, br as once when you heard my far- br off cry and, listening, stepped br br from your father's house to your br gold car, to yoke the pair whose br beautiful thick-feathered wings br br oaring down mid-air from heaven br carried you to light swiftly br on dark earth; then, blissful one, br br smiling your immortal smile br you asked, What ailed me now that br me call you again? What br br was it that my distracted br heart most wanted? ``Whom has br Persuasion to bring round now br br ``to your love? Who, Sappho, is br unfair to you? For, let her br run, she will soon run after; br br ``if she won't accept gifts, she br will one day give them; and if br she won't love you --- she soon will br br ``love, although unwillingly...'' br If ever --- come now! Relieve br this intolerable pain! br br What my heart most hopes will br happen, make happen; you your- br self join forces on my side! br br Sappho br tr.