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On Receiving Heyne's Virgil from Mr. Hayley
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I should have deem'd it once an effort vain
To sweeten more sweet Maro's matchless strain,
But from that error now behold me free,
Since I received him as a gift from thee.
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MLA
Cowper, William. “On Receiving Heyne's Virgil from Mr. Hayley.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/139/.
Chicago
Cowper, William. “On Receiving Heyne's Virgil from Mr. Hayley.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/139/.
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