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Sappho and Phaon

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Contents

• Account of Sappho
• The Subject of Each Sonnet
• II. The temple of Chastity
• III. The Bower of Pleasure
• IV. Sappho discovers her Passion
• V. Contemns its Power
• VI. Describes the characteristics of Love
• VII. Invokes Reason
• VIII. Her Passion increases
• IX. Laments the volatility of Phaon
• X. Describes Phaon
• XI. Rejects the Influence of Reason
• XII. Previous to her Interview with Phaon
• XIII. She endeavours to fascinate him
• XIV. To the Aeolian Harp
• XV. Phaon awakes
• XVI. Sappho rejects Hope
• XVII. The Tyranny of Love
• XVIII. To Phaon
• XIX. Suspects his constancy
• XX. To Phaon
• XXI. Laments her early Misfortunes
• XXII. Phaon forsakes her
• XXIII. Sappho's Conjectures
• XXIV. Her Address to the Moon
• XXV. To Phaon
• XXVI. Contemns Philosophy
• XXVII. Sappho's Address to the Stars
• XXVIII. Describes the fascinations of Love
• XXIX. Determines to follow Phaon
• XXX. Bids farewell to Lesbos
• XXXI. Describes her Bark
• XXXII. Dreams of a Rival
• XXXIII. Reaches Sicily
• XXXIV. Sappho's Prayer to Venus
• XXXV. Reproaches Phaon
• XXXVI. Her confirmed Despair
• XXXVII. Foresees her Death
• XXXVIII. To a Sigh
• XXXIX. To the Muses
• XL. Visions appear to her in a dream
• XLI. Resolves to take the Leap of Leucata
• XLII. Her last Appeal to Phaon
• XLIII. Her Reflections on the Leucadian Rock before she perishes
• XLIV. Sonnect Conclusive

Front matter

• Title Page
• Preface
• Introductory

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