"She, whose bright presence, dull December's day / Might metamorphose into sprightly May; / Whose virtuous manners, and whose polish'd mind, / May stand the test and mirror of mankind."
To the Right Honourable Lord Lyttleton. An Epistle [from Poems on Several Occasions]
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1766).<br>
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<u>Poems on Several Occasions. By James Woodhouse, Journeyman Shoemaker</u>, 2nd edition (London: Printed for the author, and sold by Dodsley, 1766). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T132323">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW115146826&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000779121">Link to Hathi Trust</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=PL9IAAAAMAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Note, some poems in this edition first collected in 1764 in <u>Poems on Sundry Occasions</u>. Note, also, the collection published in 1788 with title <u>Poems on Several Occasions</u> does not contain the same poems. Cf. ESTC and Brit. Mus. Catalogue.<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;<br>