Arts & Sciences
Retaliation
Translated by William Cowper · From Translations
Arts & Sciences
The works of antient bards divine,
Aulus! thou scorn'st to read;
And should posterity read thine,
It would be strange indeed!
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Codex Note
From the Latin of John Owen.
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Cowper, William. “Retaliation.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/359/.
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Cowper, William. “Retaliation.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/359/.
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