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Ask me not why the rose doth fade

DMI number:
43483
First Line:
Ask me not why the rose doth fade
Last Line:
Pine and consume into a flame
Poem Genre / Form:
Sonnet and Elegy
Themes:
Death and Grief / sadness / melancholy
Content/Publication
Title:
Poetical recreations consisting of original poems songs odes &c with several new translations. [ESTC R7698]
Page No(s):
p. 107
Poem Title:
On the Death of my Brother. A Sonnet.
Attribution:
Collected under Barker's name.
Attributed To:
Jane Barker