Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Man's intellectual Appetite, in Youth, / Yearns more intense while banqueting on Truth"

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Intellect, athirst, intenser thinks, / And finds the drought increasing whilst it drinks"

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"The Soul's keen craving's still unsatisfied ... like the Miser, mid profusion pines, / Still poor--still pennyless, 'mongst golden mines!"

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

An "Imparted Pow'r which conquers Pride, and Lust ... plants Content instead, and rapturous Trust!"

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

There was a time when " only miracles and signs, sublime, ... Could conquer Sinners' hearts"

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Whose waxen Hearts with warm emotion melt"

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"No classic teaching those pure Truths imparts, / That Scripture stamps on humblest Christians' hearts!"

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"But plant ideas like a printing-press; / Or, graven copper-plate, again to roll / The pristine stamp of proud Employer's Soul."

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

One should "Fly lures of every signature, and stamp, / Which lull Thy Reason, and rouz'd Conscience cramp?"

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

Date: 1814, 1816, 1896

"Ideas, dealt about, like current coin, / By motion, smooth'd, assimilate--and shine;"

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