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TO A GIRL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Believe me, love, it is not good
Last Line: Ashes and dust in death we are!
Alternate Author Name(s): Asklepiades Of Samos
Subject(s): Carpe Diem


Believe me, love, it is not good
To hoard a mortal maidenhood;
In Hades thou wilt never find,
Maiden, a lover to thy mind;
Love's for the living! presently
Ashes and dust in death we are!




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