Show A New Poem by Sappho Dr the assistant director of the gln department of the Royal museum in Berlin has made an Important discovery In Jn examining fragments of old books and manuscripts recently acquired acquited by the museum he he e found a torn and badly cr crumpled piece of parchment which proved to be a fragment of a parchment roll containing poems from the fifth book of Sappho The manuscript dates from the sixth or perhaps the seventh century which is not surprising as It is known that many of Sappho's poems had been preserved preserved preserved pre pre- served until that time It is generally believed that the poems were lost during during during dur dur- ing the Arabian Invasion of Europe The fragment given In free translation translation translation tion but preserving the meter reads as follows When she now Among Amon LydIas LydIa's women appears like unto the full moon t Rising serenely in the evening sky It outshines The most brilliant st stars rs it casts it-casts Over the mirror-like mirror sea sea And meadows in flowers clad Magic Ma-Ic light Nature Is dew r are 1 roses Dainty flowers s and bushy ShY herbs Chicago Tribune |