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The Second Part of Original Poems

Serious and Humorous. By Mr. Henry Baker
 

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To FLORA, with a Rose.

In this, my lovely Maid! You see
How blooming sweet and fair You be;
But quickly turn away your Eye,
Lest you behold it fade and die.
Beauty's a Shade that fleets away;
Life has Wings, and will not stay.