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Soon, O Ianthe! life is o'er

A poem by Walter Savage Landor

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Walter Savage Landor 1775–1864

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Soon, O Ianthe! life is o'er, And sooner beauty's heavenly smile: Grant only (and I ask no more), Let love remain that little while.

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