"Heav'n's pure Word would prompt Affection win, / And purge the Soul from all polluting Sin; / Till, like a faithful mirror Man would shine, / By Wisdom polish'd, and by Grace, divine."
Letter VII. I No Proud Exemption Plead [from Love Letters to My Wife]
Written 1789, the poem belongs to <u>Love Letters to My Wife</u>, first published in 1804.<br>
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Text from <u>The Life and Poetical Works of James Woodhouse</u>, ed. R. I. Woodhouse, 2 vols. (London: The Leadenhall Press, 1896). &lt;<a href="http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008956650">Link to Hathi Trust</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="http://uclibs.org/PID/78065">Link to LION</a>&gt;