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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PORTIUS LICINIUS, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: "if you are phoebus' sister delia, pray"
Last Line: Where he whose purse is empty may fill
Subject(s): Money;portius Licinius (1st Century B.c.)
First Line: "if you are phoebus' sister delia, pray"
Last Line: Where he whose purse is empty may fill
Subject(s): Money;portius Licinius (1st Century B.c.)
IF you are Phœbus' sister Delia, pray
This my request unto the Sun convey:
O Delphic god, I built thy marble fane,
And sung thy praises with a gentle cane;
Now, if thou art divine Apollo, tell
Where he whose purse is empty may go fill.
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