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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A GIRL, by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS 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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMOUR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON BUT NOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GLAMOUR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON I WANT TO LIVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON UNDER A PATCHED SAIL by MARIANNE MOORE HORACE TO LEUCONOE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON EPITAPH: FOR ONE WHO GAILY SOWED HIS OATS by COUNTEE CULLEN A TOMB BY THE SEA by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS |
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