"While, seeking pleasures, and avoiding pains, / Will whips, or curbs, as reason holds the reins."
Ridicule [from Poems on Several Occasions, Never Before Published]
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1788).<br>
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See James Woodhouse, <u>Poems on Several Occasions, Never Before Published</u> (London : Printed for, and sold by, the author, at No. 10, in Lower Brook-Street, Grosvenor-Square, 1788). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CB127355818&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=TJNoHQAACAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<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;