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The life and posthumous writings
Cowper, William (1731-1800)
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[Abbot is painting me so true]
[Through floods and flames to your retreat]
[Beware of building! I intended]
[The Sculptor?—nameless, though once dear to fame]
[Her pen drops eloquence as sweet]
[To be remember'd thus is fame]
VERSES TO THE MEMORY OF DR. LLOYD,
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[Could Homer come himself, distress'd and poor]
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.”
The life and posthumous writings