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As the Flowers of the Field: Strato (First Century A.D.)

By The Greek Anthology

IF thou boast in thy beauty, know that the rose too blooms, but quickly being withered, is cast on the dunghill; for blossom and beauty have the same time allotted to them, and both together envious time withers away.

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