On Receiving Heyne's Virgil From Mr. Hayley



I should have deemed 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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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 177
Words 35
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

William Cowper

 · 1731 · Berkhamsted

William Macquarie Cowper was an Australian Anglican archdeacon and Dean of Sydney. more…

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