The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 4J. Murray, 1834 |
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... shameful to relate : " Ah ! sad it was my burthen to sustain , " When the least misery was the dread of pain ; " When I ... shame , I , soon expell'd from home , " With a frail sister shared a hovel's gloom ; " There barely fed — ( what ...
... shameful to relate : " Ah ! sad it was my burthen to sustain , " When the least misery was the dread of pain ; " When I ... shame , I , soon expell'd from home , " With a frail sister shared a hovel's gloom ; " There barely fed — ( what ...
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... shame belong " To her who feels and suffers for the wrong : " The cheat at play may use the wealth he's won , " But is not honour'd for the mischief done ; " The cheat in love may use each villain art , " And boast the deed that breaks ...
... shame belong " To her who feels and suffers for the wrong : " The cheat at play may use the wealth he's won , " But is not honour'd for the mischief done ; " The cheat in love may use each villain art , " And boast the deed that breaks ...
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... d , Of God unmindful , and of man afraid , - No more he talk'd ; ' twas pain , ' twas shame to speak , His heart was sinking , and his frame was weak . His sister died with such serene delight , He once LETTER XXI . 29 ABEL KEENE .
... d , Of God unmindful , and of man afraid , - No more he talk'd ; ' twas pain , ' twas shame to speak , His heart was sinking , and his frame was weak . His sister died with such serene delight , He once LETTER XXI . 29 ABEL KEENE .
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... shame , disgrace ; " Now thou'rt an object meet for healing grace ; " No merit thine , no virtue , hope , belief , " Nothing hast thou , but misery , sin , and grief , " The best , the only titles to relief . ' " What must I do , ' I ...
... shame , disgrace ; " Now thou'rt an object meet for healing grace ; " No merit thine , no virtue , hope , belief , " Nothing hast thou , but misery , sin , and grief , " The best , the only titles to relief . ' " What must I do , ' I ...
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... shame , - How he had oft the good old man reviled , And never paid the duty of a child ; How , when the father in his Bible read , He in contempt and anger left the shed : " It is the word of life , " the parent cried ; " This is the ...
... shame , - How he had oft the good old man reviled , And never paid the duty of a child ; How , when the father in his Bible read , He in contempt and anger left the shed : " It is the word of life , " the parent cried ; " This is the ...
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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
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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.