Sappho and her influence

by David M. Robinson

Immortal Sappho, maid divine,

Thou sharest with the heavenly nine

All honor. Shout through all the town

That on her head we place a crown.

Hasten with the chaplet green,

Greet her one and all as queen;

The Lesbian, a tenth muse we name,

And prophesy that her bright fame

Shall spread o’er all the world.

This title till the stars do fall,