The poetical works of ... George Crabbe, with his letters and journals, and his life, by his son [G. Crabbe].1840 |
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... humble travellers stop . 66 Ay , this is Nature , " said the gentle ' Squire ; " This ease , peace , pleasure - who would not a mire ? " With what delight these sturdy children play , " And joyful rustics at the close of day ; " Sport ...
... humble travellers stop . 66 Ay , this is Nature , " said the gentle ' Squire ; " This ease , peace , pleasure - who would not a mire ? " With what delight these sturdy children play , " And joyful rustics at the close of day ; " Sport ...
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... humble minds , and hearts afraid : May leave to timid souls the shield and sword Of the tried Faith , and the resistless Word ; Amid a world of dangers venturing forth , Frail , but yet fearless , proud in conscious worth , Till strong ...
... humble minds , and hearts afraid : May leave to timid souls the shield and sword Of the tried Faith , and the resistless Word ; Amid a world of dangers venturing forth , Frail , but yet fearless , proud in conscious worth , Till strong ...
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... humble then should be ; For faith he had not , or a faith too weak To gain the help that humbled sinners seek ; Else had he pray'd — to an offended God His tears had flown a penitential flood ; Though far astray , he would have heard ...
... humble then should be ; For faith he had not , or a faith too weak To gain the help that humbled sinners seek ; Else had he pray'd — to an offended God His tears had flown a penitential flood ; Though far astray , he would have heard ...
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... humble tone ; Assenting always , but as if he meant Only to strength of reasons to assent : For was he stubborn , and retain'd his doubt , Till the more subtle ' Squire had forced it out ; Nay , still was right , but he perceived that ...
... humble tone ; Assenting always , but as if he meant Only to strength of reasons to assent : For was he stubborn , and retain'd his doubt , Till the more subtle ' Squire had forced it out ; Nay , still was right , but he perceived that ...
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... humble , faithful , true , Such , my dear master ! must be sought for you . Six months had pass'd , and not a lady seen , With just this love , ' twixt fifty and fifteen ; All seem'd his doctrine or his pride to shun , All would be woo ...
... humble , faithful , true , Such , my dear master ! must be sought for you . Six months had pass'd , and not a lady seen , With just this love , ' twixt fifty and fifteen ; All seem'd his doctrine or his pride to shun , All would be woo ...
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Page 116 - He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Page 95 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 219 - A credulous father, and a brother noble, Whose nature is so far from doing harms, That he suspects none, on whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy ! — I see the business.
Page 161 - He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity...
Page 95 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder, in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all 'Guilty! guilty!
Page 197 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 19 - I had a thing to say, — But let it go : The sun is in the heaven, and the proud day, Attended with the pleasures of the world...
Page 26 - Nor wears a rosy blush, nor sheds perfume ; The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spread Partake the nature of their fenny bed; Here on its wiry stem, in rigid bloom, Grows the salt lavender that lacks perfume ; Here the dwarf sallows creep, the septfoil harsh, And the soft slimy mallow of the marsh ; Lmv on the ear the distant billows sound, And just in view appears their stony bound...
Page 22 - ... around, And what is seen is all on fairy ground ; Again they sicken, and on every view Cast their own dull and melancholy hue ; Or, if absorb'd by their peculiar cares, The vacant eye on viewless matter glares, Our feelings still upon our views attend, And their own natures to the objects lend ; Sorrow and joy are in their influence sure., Long as the passion reigns th...
Page 3 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that, which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.