PagineWho was Atthis? men shall ask
by Sappho
Translated by Bliss Carman (1904) · From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, XXXIV
“Who was Atthis?” men shall ask,
When the world is old, and time
Has accomplished without haste
The strange destiny of men.
Haply in that far-off age
One shall find these silver songs,
With their human freight, and guess
What a lover Sappho was.
This poem and this translation are in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.