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Sappho, 56 | Trans. Anne Carson

οὐδ᾽ ἴαν δοκίμωμι προσίδοισαν φάοσ ὰλίω

ἔσσεσθαι σοφίαν πάρθενον εἰσ οὐδένα πω χρόνον

τεαύταν

not one girl I think

      who looks on the light of the sun

          will ever

          have wisdom 

          like this

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