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
- 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
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