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To A Girl
(Asclepiades.)
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 are we!
Deeds of Men
Ave
Hesperothen
Verses
Translations
- Hymn to the Winds
- Moonlight
- The Grave and the Rose
- A Vow to Heavenly Venus
- Of His Lady's Old Age
- Shadows of His Lady
- April
- An Old Tune
- Old Loves
- A Lady of High Degree
- Iannoula
- The Milk-White Doe
- Heliodore
- The Prophet
- Lais
- Clearista
- The Fisherman's Tomb
- Of His Death
- Rhodope
- To A Girl
- To the Ships
- A Late Convert
- The Limit of Life
- To Daniel Elzevir
- The Last Chance
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