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TO A GIRL by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS

First Line: BELIEVE ME, LOVE, IT IS NOT GOOD
Last Line: ASHES AND DUST IN DEATH WE ARE!
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!


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