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.' 

1. Olney Hymn 4. Jehovah-Nissi. The Lord My Banner
2. An Ode, on Reading Mr. Richardson's History of Sir Charles Grandison
3. Olney Hymn 17. The House of Prayer
4. Olney Hymn 13. The Covenant
5. Olney Hymn 55. The Heart Healed and Changed by Mercy

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