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BLACK GIRL by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS

First Line: SHE'S BLACK: WHAT THEN? SO ARE DEAD COALES, BUT CHERISH
Last Line: AS SPRING-BORNE ROSES GROW.
Subject(s): FACADES; PASSION; APPEARANCES;
She's black: what then? so are dead coales, but cherish,
And with soft breath them below,
And you shall see them glow as bright and flourish,
As spring-borne Roses grow.


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