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Author: Willis Barnstone | Date: 600 B.C.

THE LYRIC POEM

Come, holy tortoise shell,

my lyre, and become a poem.

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Chicago: Willis Barnstone, "The Lyric Poem," Sappho Original Sources, accessed August 1, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=77QYEQNFEEC6ENE.

MLA: Barnstone, Willis. "The Lyric Poem." Sappho, Original Sources. 1 Aug. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=77QYEQNFEEC6ENE.

Harvard: Barnstone, W, 'The Lyric Poem' in Sappho. Original Sources, retrieved 1 August 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=77QYEQNFEEC6ENE.