The Bibelot

VOLUME I

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From The Bibelot, A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known, Volume I, Number V, Testimonial Edition, Edited and Originally Published by Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Maine; Wm. Wise & Co.; New York; 1895; p. 140.

V. FRAGMENTS FROM SAPPHO

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XXXIXQuoted by the Scholiast on Sophocles, Electra, 149, “the nightingale is the messenger of Zeus, because it is the sign of Spring.”

Spring’s messenger, the sweet-voiced nightingale.

The dear good angel of the Spring
The nightingale.

BEN JONSON, The Sad Shepherd, Act ii.

The tawny sweet winged thing
Whose cry was but of Spring.

SWINBURNE, Songs of the Springtides.

V. FRAGMENTS FROM SAPPHO

XXXIXQuoted by the Scholiast on Sophocles, Electra, 149, “the nightingale is the messenger of Zeus, because it is the sign of Spring.”

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