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Title: Benevolence: an Ode
Attribution: By a Journeyman Woolcomber
Date(s): 1764 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 125
Contents: An ode questioning the value of great works of art without the human virtue of benevolence. The author is described in his 'Poems on Sundry Occasions' as a journeyman shoemaker, as opposed to a woolcomber.
Title: The Jay and Owl. A Fable
Attribution: By a Journeyman Woolcomber
Date(s): 177- ?
Manuscript: Lt 125
Contents: Poem describing the owl's efforts to silence the jay's song by appealing to the goddess Minerva. Possibly to be attributed to James Woodhouse, the author of an earlier poem (BCMSV 6900) in Lt 125, said to be by a Journeyman Woolcomber.