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THERE IS NO LOVING AFTER DEATH by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS

First Line: WHY HOARD YOUR MAIDENHOOD? THERE'LL NOT BE FOUND
Last Line: IT'S DUST AND ASHES, GIRL, WILL GO TO BED.

WHY hoard your maidenhood? There'll not be found
A lad to love you, girl, under the ground.
Love's joys are for the quick; but when we're dead
It's dust and ashes, girl, will go to bed.



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