Poem by William Cowper

On Flaxman's Penelope

The suitors sinned, but with a fair excuse,
Whom all this elegance might well seduce;
Nor can our censure on the husband fall,
Who, for a wife so lovely, slew them all. 

1. To The Rev. Mr. Newton
2. The Dog and the Water Lily
3. The New Convert
4. Abuse of the Gospel
5. By Moschus

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