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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO REV. WALTER BAGOT; EXCUSE FOR DELAY IN WRITING TO HIM, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: It is a maxim of much weight
Last Line: Had need do nothing more.
Subject(s): Translating & Interpreting
First Line: It is a maxim of much weight
Last Line: Had need do nothing more.
Subject(s): Translating & Interpreting
IT is a maxim of much weight,
Worth conning o'er and o'er,
He who has Homer to translate,
Had need do nothing more.
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