The Complete Poetical Works: Volume IGeorge Crabbe (1754-1832) was acclaimed by his contemporaries as a major poet. The leading reviewer of the day, Francis Jeffrey, paid tribute to his powerful originality. Byron pronounced him 'Though Nature's sternest Painter, yet the best'. Sir Walter Scott, and Jane Austen, who declared that she would have married him, were among his many admirers. In our own time both critics and poets have praised his penetrating insights into human motivation, his realism, and his unique use of landscape as a setting for his poems and verse tales; and he is well known as the author of Peter Grimes, on which Benjamin Britten based his opera. Yet there has not been a collected edition of his verse since A.W. Ward's, some eighty years ago. The present edition draws on much recently discovered manuscript material in this country and in the USA, including a finished manuscript, with proofs, of Tales of the Hall, and manuscripts of four unpublished tales and of a number of shorter poems. Close attention has been paid to the evolution of the text from the rough pencil drafts in Crabbe's notebooks to the final version on the printed page. An extensive Commentary relates both to the literary context and to Crabbe's many observations on the social scene of his day. |
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... thee to the skies ; Yet still we wonder at thy tow'ring fame , And losing thee , still dwell upon thy name . Oh ! ever honour'd , ever valued ! say What verse can praise thee , or what work repay ? Yet Verse ( in all we can ) thy worth ...
... thee to the skies ; Yet still we wonder at thy tow'ring fame , And losing thee , still dwell upon thy name . Oh ! ever honour'd , ever valued ! say What verse can praise thee , or what work repay ? Yet Verse ( in all we can ) thy worth ...
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... thee . ' Such Powers are thine , that Man , by thee , shall wrest The gainful Secret from the cautious Breast ; Nor then , with all his care , the Good retain , But yield to thee the Secret and the Gain . 270 275 280 In vain , shall ...
... thee . ' Such Powers are thine , that Man , by thee , shall wrest The gainful Secret from the cautious Breast ; Nor then , with all his care , the Good retain , But yield to thee the Secret and the Gain . 270 275 280 In vain , shall ...
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... thee Thee as I 119 oak Oak as I 121 wood Wood as I 122 trees Trees as I 126 glory ... guard Glory ... Guard as I 129 thou THOU as I 130 father's Father's as I 131 thee Thee as I 134 thee Thee as I 136 thee ... name Thee ... Name as I ...
... thee Thee as I 119 oak Oak as I 121 wood Wood as I 122 trees Trees as I 126 glory ... guard Glory ... Guard as I 129 thou THOU as I 130 father's Father's as I 131 thee Thee as I 134 thee Thee as I 136 thee ... name Thee ... Name as I ...
Contents
VOLUME I | xix |
The Parish Register | xxiii |
GENERAL INTRODUCTION | xxv |
Copyright | |
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