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Mel Heliconium

or, Poeticall Honey, Gathered out of The Weeds of Parnassus ... By Alexander Rosse
Ross, Alexander (1591-1654)
  
[epigraph]
  
[dedication]

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CHAP. I. A
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CHAP. II. B
  
BACCHUS.
  
BELIDES.
  
BELLEROPHON.
  
BOREAS, BOREADÆ, HARPIÆ.
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CHAP. III. C
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CHAP. IV. D
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CHAP. V. E
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CHAP. VI. F
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CHAP. VII. G

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ADONIS.

You that hunt after pleasures, eye that Boare,
Who would your health, and wealth, and souls devour.
Dote not on beauty; beauty's but a flower,
Whose pride and lustre fadeth in an hour.
Strive that your names may flourish after death,
Let them out-live Adonis flower, & yeeld a fragrant breath.
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