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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS SOUL, by PUBLIUS AELIUS HADRIANUS Poet's Biography
First Line: Poor little, pretty, fluttering thing
Last Line: Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hadrian
Variant Title(s): Adriani Morientis Ad Animam Suam. Imitated;the Dying Adrian To His Soul
Subject(s): Soul
First Line: Poor little, pretty, fluttering thing
Last Line: Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hadrian
Variant Title(s): Adriani Morientis Ad Animam Suam. Imitated;the Dying Adrian To His Soul
Subject(s): Soul
Poor little, pretty, flutt'ring Thing,
Must We no longer live together?
And dost Thou prune thy trembling Wing,
To take thy Flight Thou know'st not whither?
Thy humorous Vein, thy pleasing Folly,
Lyes all neglected, all forgot:
And pensive, wav'ring, melancholy,
Thou dread'st and hop'st Thou know'st not what.
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