Woodhouse, James (bap. 1735, d. 1820)

The Life and Lucubrations of Crispinus Scriblerus. A Novel, in Verse, Written in the Last Century

1814, 1816, 1896

"And when such Souls with pure impressions glow, / Love's labour's alway sweet, and seldom slow."

Soon mutual wills, in mutual wishes join'd--
The Bard was courteous, and the Beauty kind;
And when such Souls with pure impressions glow,
Love's labour's alway sweet, and seldom slow.
No flattering falshoods, no deceptive Arts,
Disguis'd, like Truth, perform'd their guileful parts,
Nor led frail fancies thro' bewildering ways,
To cloke delusions, or to cause delays.

Impressions

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Poem first published in its entirety in 1896. The 1814 first edition receives notice in The New Monthly Magazine (March 1815); the poem was written "in the last century" (w. 1795-1820?).

Text from The Life and Poetical Works of James Woodhouse, ed. R. I. Woodhouse, 2 vols. (London: The Leadenhall Press, 1896). <Link to Hathi Trust> <Link to LION>

05/17/2005