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Why hang thy hopes on beauty's fading flower

DMI number:
36196
First Line:
Why hang thy hopes on beauty's fading flower
Last Line:
And waste their lustre in the silent tomb
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet
Themes:
Beauty and Hopelessness / vanity of life
Content/Publication
Title:
A collection of poems on divine and moral subjects, selected from various authors. [T97392] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.104
Poem Title:
To a Friend, on his owning that the exterior Charms of a Young Lady had engaged his Affections.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
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