The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 4J. Murray, 1834 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 30
Page 9
... fancy , and their actors mere essences . The hero and heroine are generally paragons of courage , beauty , and virtue ; they reside in such castles as never were built , in the midst of such forests as never grew , infested by such ...
... fancy , and their actors mere essences . The hero and heroine are generally paragons of courage , beauty , and virtue ; they reside in such castles as never were built , in the midst of such forests as never grew , infested by such ...
Page 53
... fancy . It is evident , therefore , that no feeble vision , no half - visible ghost , not the momentary glance of an unbodied being , nor the half - audible voice of an invisible one , would be created by the continual workings of ...
... fancy . It is evident , therefore , that no feeble vision , no half - visible ghost , not the momentary glance of an unbodied being , nor the half - audible voice of an invisible one , would be created by the continual workings of ...
Page 79
... fancy , taste , And knows what parts will wear , and what will waste : She marks the mind too lively , and at once Sees the gay coxcomb and the rattling dunce . Long has she lived , and much she loves to trace Her former pupils , now a ...
... fancy , taste , And knows what parts will wear , and what will waste : She marks the mind too lively , and at once Sees the gay coxcomb and the rattling dunce . Long has she lived , and much she loves to trace Her former pupils , now a ...
Page 95
... Parish Register . ' Indeed , if the checks of fancy and taste be removed from poetry , and admission be granted to images , of - whatever description , provided they have the passport of reality LETTER XXIV . 95 THE BOROUGH .
... Parish Register . ' Indeed , if the checks of fancy and taste be removed from poetry , and admission be granted to images , of - whatever description , provided they have the passport of reality LETTER XXIV . 95 THE BOROUGH .
Page 109
... fancy play- " Unless they seize the passive soul , " And with resistless power control ? " Then let me all their force sustain , “ And bring me back the Storm again . " SATIRE . I LOVE not the satiric Muse : No man on earth would I ...
... fancy play- " Unless they seize the passive soul , " And with resistless power control ? " Then let me all their force sustain , “ And bring me back the Storm again . " SATIRE . I LOVE not the satiric Muse : No man on earth would I ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abel ALBEMARLE STREET Aldborough ALPHEUS FELCH antè appear'd beauty behold BOROUGH bosom call'd child comfort Crabbe Crabbe's cried crime deed Deianira delight dread dream dull Dunciad Epistle to Timothy fair fancy fate father fear fear'd feel felt fix'd fled foes fond GEORGE CRABBE give gloom grace grew grief grieved Gwyn happy hear heart honour hope hour humble kind labour lady live look look'd Lord lover maid meads of asphodel mind misery mother Normanston nymph o'er pain pass'd passion peace Peter PETER GRIMES pity pleasure poet poor praise pride priest rest Richard III scene scorn seem'd senses fail shame sigh sigh'd silent sleep smile soul speak spirit strong sweet Sybil tale terror thee thou art thought trembling turn'd Twas vex'd widow wish'd wretched youth
Popular passages
Page 241 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Page 171 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 261 - I have heard of your paintings too, well enough ; God hath given you one face and you make yourselves another: you jig, you amble, and you lisp, and nick-name God's creatures, and make your wantonness your ignorance.
Page 48 - I fix'd my eyes On the mid stream and saw the spirits rise: I saw my father on the water stand, And hold a thin pale boy in either hand; And there they glided ghastly on the top Of the salt flood, and never touch 'da drop: I would have struck them, but they knew th' intent, And smiled upon the oar, and down they went.
Page 143 - The great cause of the present deplorable state of English poetry is to be attributed to that absurd and systematic depreciation of Pope, in which, for the last few years, there has been a kind of epidemical concurrence.
Page 283 - Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 84 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the playplace of our early days ; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Page 283 - Ah me ! for aught that ever I could read, Could ever hear by tale or history, . The course of true love never did run smooth : J But, either it was different in blood ; — Lys.
Page 6 - In the evening I sat down, and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it— add, that I was very glad to think of anything, rather than politics.
Page 85 - That, viewing it, we seem almost to obtain Our innocent sweet simple years again. This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life's long race, Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e'en in age, and at our latest day.