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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE OLD STORY, by MARCUS ARGENTARIUS Poet's Biography First Line: Like many a one, when you had gold Last Line: That who has nothing has no friend? Alternate Author Name(s): Markus Argentarios | |||
LIKE many a one, when you had gold Love met you smiling, we are told; But now that all your gold is gone, Love leaves you hungry and alone. And women, who have called you more Sweet names than ever were before, Will ask another now to tell What man you are and where you dwell. Was ever anyone but you So long in learning what is true? Must you find only at the end That who has nothing has no friend? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...READING HESIOD by MARCUS ARGENTARIUS THE LYRE AND THE CROWN by MARCUS ARGENTARIUS THE POOR MAN IS NOT LOVED by MARCUS ARGENTARIUS CHAMBER MUSIC: 24 by JAMES JOYCE A DEATH IN THE DESERT by ROBERT BROWNING A FRAGMENT by GEORGE GORDON BYRON ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGINE by MATTHEW GREGORY LEWIS ON THE DEATH OF A METAPHYSICIAN by GEORGE SANTAYANA SONNET: 110 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE SOUL'S DEFIANCE by LAVINIA STONE STODDARD |
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