The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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... come not of education , many may , and therefore do , fancy they are endowed with them ; so that they who do not venture to become preachers , yet exert the minor gifts , and gain reputation for the faculty of prayer , as soon as they ...
... come not of education , many may , and therefore do , fancy they are endowed with them ; so that they who do not venture to become preachers , yet exert the minor gifts , and gain reputation for the faculty of prayer , as soon as they ...
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... comes the hour , when fishing through the tide , The weary husband throws his freight aside ; A living mass , which now demands the wife , Th ' alternate labours of their humble life . Can scenes like these withdraw thee from thy wood ...
... comes the hour , when fishing through the tide , The weary husband throws his freight aside ; A living mass , which now demands the wife , Th ' alternate labours of their humble life . Can scenes like these withdraw thee from thy wood ...
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... comes , And social parties crowd their favourite rooms ; Where on the table pipes and papers lie , The steaming bowl or foaming tankard by ; " Tis then , with all these comforts spread around , They hear the painful dredger's welcome ...
... comes , And social parties crowd their favourite rooms ; Where on the table pipes and papers lie , The steaming bowl or foaming tankard by ; " Tis then , with all these comforts spread around , They hear the painful dredger's welcome ...
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... And far as eye can reach , it can discern no more ? Yet sometimes comes a ruffling cloud to make The quiet surface of the ocean shake ; As an awaken'd giant with a frown Might show his 10 LET . I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION .
... And far as eye can reach , it can discern no more ? Yet sometimes comes a ruffling cloud to make The quiet surface of the ocean shake ; As an awaken'd giant with a frown Might show his 10 LET . I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION .
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... come , they strike with furious force , And then re - flowing , take their grating course , Raking the rounded flints , which ages past Roll'd by their rage , and shall to ages last . Far off the petrel in the troubled way Swims with ...
... come , they strike with furious force , And then re - flowing , take their grating course , Raking the rounded flints , which ages past Roll'd by their rage , and shall to ages last . Far off the petrel in the troubled way Swims with ...
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Arminian behold Blaney BOROUGH byssus Calvinistic cheerful comfort cried crime dare deed delight dread dwell ease evil fame fate favourite fear feel felt fix'd foes friends gain'd GEORGE CRABBE give gout grace grave grief grieve hear heart honour hope hour humble Jachin 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 seat seem'd shame sigh Sir Denys sleep slow centuries smile soothed soul speech spirit spleen terrors thee thou thought town trade trembling tried truth twas vex'd vicar vice virtue wealth whist worth wretched youth