Union First Line Index of English Verse

13^th-19^th Century (bulk 1500-1800)

First Line: Why hang thy hopes on beauty's fading flower,

Author (Last name, First): Giles, [ ]

Title: `To a gentleman, captivated with the exterior charms of a young lady'

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Last Line: And waste their luster in the silent tomb.

Library: YO

Shelfmark: fc.132/1

Folio: p. 139

Ref Nbr: Osborn W2185

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