Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"But, in the Soul, still suffer some Alloy / To pinion Pride, and damp injurious Joy--"

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

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

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"His Mother, like the smooth reflecting stream, / Show'd every shadowy cloud; or glowing gleam-- ... Letting her tranquil bosom humbly lie, / To catch impressions from the purer sky!

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"To cherish Grace, and twine the golden chain, / Uniting Minds, and making one of twain."

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"That confidential Pedagogue, divine, / Must store his Mind from Learning's golden Mine--"

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

One may "Thro' all [of "Learning's golden mine"] puzzling labrynths to trace
The veins of Knowledge--Wit--Sense--Grammar--Grace."

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"The silver Virtues shining round the heart, / Pure Gold, when polish'd bright by heavenly Art--"

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Imagination wildly weaves / Her golden labours o'er those glorious leaves, / While Judgment manages the lights and shades / Which Fancy figures, on her bold brocades."

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Imagination shap'd continual schemes, / And fill'd with figures odd her airy dreams, / While Fancy flew around with golden wings, / And coin'd conceptions of substantial Things."

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Strong intimations--smiles--and tropes-- / Twisted, and twin'd, like silken, silvery, ropes, / Wreath'd around his eager heart, with countless coils, / Till fully tramell'd in her artful toils."

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