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On Flaxman's Penelope
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The suitors sinn'd, 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.
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MLA
Cowper, William. “On Flaxman's Penelope.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/116/.
Chicago
Cowper, William. “On Flaxman's Penelope.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/116/.
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