Fragment 16 (Voigt 42)
16 · Voigt 42But their heart turned cold and they dropt their wings.
Ταῖσι [δὲ] ψῦχρος μὲν ἔγεντο θῦμος,
παρ δ’ ἴεισι τὰ πτέρα. –⏑–⏑
In Pindar, Pyth. i. 10, the eagle of Zeus, delighted by music, drops his wings, and the Scholiast quotes this fragment to show that Sappho says the same of doves.