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Mel Heliconium

or, Poeticall Honey, Gathered out of The Weeds of Parnassus ... By Alexander Rosse
  
  

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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.