Phaon

’Twas but a little time I went from you,

And I have sorrowed for it, and am wise;

And with my wisdom, lo, the tremulous wings

Of twilight love have now flown home again.

Sappho

It is too late, my Phaon.

Your light hand

Has crushed the silver goblet of my heart,

And all the wine is spilt; the page is read,