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
- 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:
- Not attributed
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