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Because the Museum of Fine Arts will have an exhibit opening later this month devoted to “Aphrodite and the Gods of Love<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

And fine birds brought you
\nquick sparrows over the black earth
\nwhipping their wings down the sky
\nthrough midair\u2014<\/p>\n

they arrived. But you, O blessed one,
\nsmiled in your deathless face
\nand asked what (now again) I have suffered and why
\n(now again) I am calling out<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sappho, trans. Anne Carson
\nIf Not, Winter<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because the Museum of Fine Arts will have an exhibit opening later this month devoted to “Aphrodite and the Gods of Love.” And fine birds brought you quick sparrows over the black earth whipping their wings down the sky through midair\u2014 they arrived. 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