William Cowper

Here you will find the Short Poem On Receiving Heyne's Virgil From Mr. Hayley of poet William Cowper

On Receiving Heyne's Virgil From Mr. Hayley

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.