Poem by William Cowper

On the Neglect of Homer

Could Homer come himself, distressed and poor
And tune his harp at Rhedicina's door,
The rich old vixen would exclaim, (I fear,)
'Begone! no tramper gets a farthing here.' 

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2. An Ode, on Reading Mr. Richardson's History of Sir Charles Grandison
3. Olney Hymn 24. Prayer for Children
4. Olney Hymn 7. Vanity of the World
5. Olney Hymn 49. True Pleasures

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