to the Julian the Apostate:
"Tell to the king that the carven hall is fallen in decay;
Apollo has no chapel left, no prophesying bay,
No talking spring. The stream is dry that had so much to say."
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This was mentioned in passing during In Our Time's Delphi programme and I had to track it down.
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