Love
(asclepiades.)
From Grass of Parnassus
Love
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!
Cite this poem
MLA
Lang, Andrew. “(asclepiades.).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lang/65/.
Chicago
Lang, Andrew. “(asclepiades.).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lang/65/.
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