Cowper had sinned with some excuse, <br />If, bound in rhyming tethers, <br />He had committed this abuse <br />Of changing ewes for wethers; <br /> <br />But, male for female is a trope, <br />Or rather bold misnomer, <br />That would have startled even Pope, <br />When he translated Homer.<br /><br />William Cowper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-a-mistake-in-his-translation-of-homer/
