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YOUNG LOVELINESS by LOUISE AYRES GARNETT

First Line: HER DELICATE FORM SCARCE DIMPLES IN THE BED
Last Line: EXPENDS ITSELF TO DIE.
Subject(s): BEAUTY;
Her delicate form scarce dimples in the bed
Where she all night has lain.
She is as frail and fragrant as a flower
After an April rain.

I wish I had not pictured her a flower --
A flower is but a sigh
Of wonderment at beauty that so soon
Expends itself to die.



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