English poem
On The Neglect Of Homer.
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."
More by William Cowper
- On The Gunpowder Plot.[1]
- On The High Price Of Fish.
- On The Ice Islands Seen Floating In The German Ocean.
- On The Loss Of The Royal George
- On The Platonic 'Ideal' As It Was Understood By Aristotle.
- On The Promotion Of Edward Thurlow, Esq. To The Lord High Chancellorship Of England.
- On The Queen's Visit To London. The Night Of The Seventeenth Of March 1789.
- On The Receipt Of A Hamper.