The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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... Till we the outskirts of the Borough reach , And these half - buried buildings next the beach ; Where hang at open doors the net and cork , While squalid sea - dames mend the meshy work ; Till comes the hour , when fishing through the ...
... Till we the outskirts of the Borough reach , And these half - buried buildings next the beach ; Where hang at open doors the net and cork , While squalid sea - dames mend the meshy work ; Till comes the hour , when fishing through the ...
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... till the shoal they reach , Then break and hurry to their utmost stretch ; Curl'd as they come , they strike with furious force , And then re - flowing , take their grating course , Raking the rounded flints , which ages past Roll'd by ...
... till the shoal they reach , Then break and hurry to their utmost stretch ; Curl'd as they come , they strike with furious force , And then re - flowing , take their grating course , Raking the rounded flints , which ages past Roll'd by ...
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... Till showers and snows the subtle atoms swell , And spread th ' enduring foliage ; -then we trace The freckled flower upon the flinty base ; These all increase , till in unnoticed years The stony tower as gray with age appears ; With ...
... Till showers and snows the subtle atoms swell , And spread th ' enduring foliage ; -then we trace The freckled flower upon the flinty base ; These all increase , till in unnoticed years The stony tower as gray with age appears ; With ...
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... till death I wore it for her sake ; " Yes ! I must die - blow on , sweet breeze , blow on ! " Give me one look , before my life be gone , " Oh ! give me that , and let me not despair , " One last fond look - and now repeat the prayer ...
... till death I wore it for her sake ; " Yes ! I must die - blow on , sweet breeze , blow on ! " Give me one look , before my life be gone , " Oh ! give me that , and let me not despair , " One last fond look - and now repeat the prayer ...
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... till one Came who appear'd with livelier hope to run ; Who sought a readier way the heart to move , Than by faint dalliance of unfixing love . Accuse me not that I approving paint Impatient hope or love without restraint ; Or think the ...
... till one Came who appear'd with livelier hope to run ; Who sought a readier way the heart to move , Than by faint dalliance of unfixing love . Accuse me not that I approving paint Impatient hope or love without restraint ; Or think the ...
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ALBEMARLE STREET Arminian behold Blaney BOROUGH Calvinistic cheerful Claudian comfort cried crime dare deed delight dread dwell ease evil fame favourite fear feel felt fix'd foes friends gain'd GEORGE CRABBE give grace grave grief grieve hear heart honour hope hour humble John Bunyan Juvenal kind labour LETTER live look look'd man's meads of asphodel mind misery never night numbers nymphs o'er once Ovid oxymel pain pass'd passions peace Peter PETER GRIMES pity pleasant pleasure poison'd poor praise pride priest race racter reader rest rise Satan scenes scorn seem'd shame sigh Sir Denys sleep slow centuries smile soothed soul speech spirit spleen terrors thee thou thought took town trade trembling tried truth twas vex'd vice virtue walk wealth whist worth wretched youth