Definition of Sapphics

1. sapphic [n] - See also: sapphic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapphics

sapotaceous
sapotas
sapote
sapotes
sapour
sapours
sappan
sappans
sappare
sapped
sapper
sappers
sapphically
sapphics (current term)
sapphire
sapphire berry
sapphirelike
sapphires
sapphirine
sapphirines
sapphisms
sapphists
sappho
sapphyrin
sapphyrins
sappier

Literary usage of Sapphics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1822)
"sapphics. Fast by thy stream, O Babylon, reclining, Wo-begone exile, to the gale of evening Only responsive, my forsaken harp I Hang on the willow. ..."

2. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1895)
"... love for classical literature is furnished by the sapphics. verses which, at the age of seventy-two, and probably within a few months of his death, ..."

3. Orthometry: A Treatise on the Art of Versification and the Technicalities of by Robert Frederick Brewer (1893)
"sapphics. (*) Thrice repeated, followed by Man disa | vows and Dei | ty dis ] owns me ; Hell might | afford ] my miser | ies a | shelter, Therefore hell ..."

4. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1822)
"sapphics. Fast by thy stream, O Babylon, reclining, Wo-begone exile, to the gale of evening Only responsive, my forsaken harp I Hang on the willow. ..."

5. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1895)
"... love for classical literature is furnished by the sapphics. verses which, at the age of seventy-two, and probably within a few months of his death, ..."

6. Orthometry: A Treatise on the Art of Versification and the Technicalities of by Robert Frederick Brewer (1893)
"sapphics. (*) Thrice repeated, followed by Man disa | vows and Dei | ty dis ] owns me ; Hell might | afford ] my miser | ies a | shelter, Therefore hell ..."

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