Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

John Donne

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Beauty fades Beauty Fading love Love

Author

John Donne

Source

Elegy II: The Anagram Elegies (John Donne)

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1631 1630s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Donne, John. "Elegy II: The Anagram." Elegies, edited by E. K. Chambers. Lawrence & Bullen, 1896, I. 27.

Current Citation

Donne, John. "Elegy: The Anagram." Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2007, I. 27.

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Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she ate:
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Source
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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