Sleep, darling <br />I have a small <br />daughter called <br />Cleis, who is <br /> <br />like a golden <br />flower <br /> I wouldn't <br />take all Croesus' <br />kingdom with love <br />thrown in, for her <br /> <br />--- <br /> <br />Don't ask me what to wear <br />I have no embroidered <br />headband from Sardis to <br />give you, Cleis, such as <br />I wore <br /> and my mother <br />always said that in her <br />day a purple ribbon <br />looped in the hair was thought <br />to be high style indeed <br /> <br />but we were dark: <br /> a girl <br />whose hair is yellower than <br />torchlight should wear no <br />headdress but fresh flowers<br /><br />Sappho<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sleep-darling/
