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The Life and Poetical Works of James Woodhouse

(1735-1820): Edited by the Rev. R. I. Woodhouse

Woodhouse, James (1735-1820)

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The Life and Lucubrations of Crispinus Scriblerus.

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DISTANT PROSPECT.

OBSERVATIVE REFLECTIONS.

STOURBRIDGE AND OLD SWINFORD.

MORE GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

RECAPITULATION.

BIRMINGHAM AND WOLVERHAMPTON.

CRISPINUS' BIRTH, EDUCATION, &c.

REFLECTIONS ON EDUCATION.

GENERAL REFLECTIONS.

GENERAL REMARKS.

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GENERAL VIEWS OF NATURE.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS.

MORE SERIOUS REMARKS.

PURSUITS OF LOVE.

LOVE'S RESOLVE.

REFLECTIONS ON TASTE.

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NARRATIVE CONTINUED.

GENERAL REFLECTIONS.

GENERAL REFLECTIONS.

SOCIAL REFLECTIONS.

FRIENDLY PROPOSAL PROVED ABORTIVE.

CALM REFLECTIONS!

FURTHER SERIOUS REFLECTIONS.

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HISTORIC AND DOMESTIC REMARKS.

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CORONATION OF GEORGE III. AND QUEEN CHARLOTTE.

TO WILLIAM SHENSTONE, Esq., IN HIS SICKNESS, By Mr. WOODHOUSE.

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POEMS ON Several Occasions

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AN ELEGY TO WILLIAM SHENSTONE, Esq., OF THE LESSOWES.

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ELEGY II. WRITTEN TO WILLIAM SHENSTONE, Esq., OF THE LESSOWES.

WROTE AT THE LESSOWES, AFTER Mr. SHENSTONE'S DEATH.

PALEMON AND COLINET.

TO THE Right Honourable LORD LYTTLETON.

TO THE Right Honourable LORD LYTTLETON.

VERSES Addressed to ------ On receiving some valuable Books.

TO THE Right Honourable the Countess of ------ On the Death of a Daughter.

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POEMS ON Several Occasions ... WITH An Address to the Public.

ELEGY ON A FAVOURITE CHILD WHO DIED OF THE SMALL-POX.

ELEGY Written in 1784, from the Country.

ODE TO THE LILY.

A MORNING RHAPSODY.

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Norbury Park, A Poem; With several others, written on various occasions.

EPISTLE TO A YOUNG LADY OF TITLE, ON SEEING HER, OFTEN, AT DIVINE ORDINANCES.

EPISTLE to the Rev. Mr. SELLON, ON HIS WEEPING IN AN ADDRESS TO YOUTH.

EPISTLE TO A FRIEND, In Answer to this Question— Why do Trees Shoot Strongest Upwards?

ODE TO A FRIEND, On his Marriage.

EPISTLE TO THE SAME, On his desiring the Author to point out the striking Passages in Cowper's poems.

EPISTLE TO SHENSTONE, In the Shades; .

TO MY WIFE AND CHILDREN, Under a severe affliction in my Eyes.

TO MY WIFE, ON HER WISHING TO SEE ME HALF AN HOUR.

THE BOY AND BUTTERFLY.

AUTUMN AND THE REDBREAST.

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LOVE LETTERS TO MY WIFE;

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TO THE Right Honourable the Countess of ------ On the Death of a Daughter.

Fair Flora lay within a roseate bow'r,
And wept, in nightly dews, a fav'rite flow'r,
A flow'r she fancy'd fate had snatch'd away,
In all the charms of youth and beauty, gay.

With pity Pallas view'd the mourning fair,
Her streaming eye, and melancholy air;
And left, awhile, her azure throne above,
To soothe her, thus, in words of peace and love.
Gentle nymph! no longer pine,
Bow at Jove's imperial shrine;
Who, with kind, auspicious pow'r,
Bore away your tender flow'r,
From this cold ungenial clime,
From the reach of Fate, and Time;
Bore it to yon peaceful skies,
Where no storms or tempests rise,
Where no frosts or mildews come,
There to live in endless bloom:
Favour'd nymph! no longer mourn,
Grateful thanks to Jove return.