I will not ask why Caesar bids do this

DMI number:

41157

First Line:

I will not ask why Caesar bids do this

Last Line:

To see fresh buildings from old ruins spring

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

The monarchy (heads of state)

Content/Publication

Title:

[vol. 3] The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [vol III] [ECCO] [T131617]

Page No(s):

pp.178-179

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Johnson's Sejanus

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson