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On the Neglect of Homer
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Could Homer come himself, distress'd 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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Cowper, William. “On the Neglect of Homer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/151/.
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Cowper, William. “On the Neglect of Homer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/151/.
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