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William Cowper - To Mrs. Throckmorton, On Her Beautiful Transcript Of Horace`s Ode Ad Librum SuumWilliam Cowper - To Mrs. Throckmorton, On Her Beautiful Transcript Of Horace`s Ode Ad Librum Suum
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Maria, could Horace have guessed What honour awaited his ode To his little volume addressed, The honour which you have bestowed,-- Who have traced it in characters here, So elegant, even, and neat, He had laughed at the critical sneer Which he seems to have trembled to meet. And sneer, if you please, he had said, A nymph shall hereafter arise Who shall give me, when you are all dead, The glory your malice denies; Shall dignity give to my lay, Although but a mere bagatelle; And even a poet shall say, Nothing ever was written so well.
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