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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO PHILOTINUS, by JANE (HUGHES) BRERETON
First Line: Philotinus! If you'd approve / yourself a faithful lover
Last Line: Nor own, a salic law.
First Line: Philotinus! If you'd approve / yourself a faithful lover
Last Line: Nor own, a salic law.
Philotinus! if you'd approve
Yourself a faithful lover, --
You must no more my anger move,
But in the mildest terms of love
Your passion still discover.
Though born to rule, you must submit
To my command with awe;
Nor think your sex can you acquit,
For Cupid's empire won't admit
Nor own, a Salic Law.
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