Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON RECEIVING HEYNE'S VIRGIL FROM HAYLEY, by WILLIAM COWPER



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First Line: I should have deemed it once an effort vain
Last Line: Since I received him as a gift from thee.
Subject(s): Translating & Interpreting


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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