The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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... play , And grow familiar with the watery way : Young though they be , they feel whose sons they are , They know what British seamen do and dare ; Proud of that fame , they raise and they enjoy 6 LET . I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION .
... play , And grow familiar with the watery way : Young though they be , they feel whose sons they are , They know what British seamen do and dare ; Proud of that fame , they raise and they enjoy 6 LET . I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION .
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George Crabbe. Proud of that fame , they raise and they enjoy The rustic wonder of the village - boy . Before you bid these busy scenes adieu , Behold the wealth that lies in public view , Those far - extended heaps of coal and coke ...
George Crabbe. Proud of that fame , they raise and they enjoy The rustic wonder of the village - boy . Before you bid these busy scenes adieu , Behold the wealth that lies in public view , Those far - extended heaps of coal and coke ...
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... —the wicked and the just , The wise , the weak , lie blended in the dust ; And by the honours dealt to every name , The king of terrors seems to level fame . -See ! here lamented wives , and every wife The LET . II . 25 THE CHURCH .
... —the wicked and the just , The wise , the weak , lie blended in the dust ; And by the honours dealt to every name , The king of terrors seems to level fame . -See ! here lamented wives , and every wife The LET . II . 25 THE CHURCH .
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... fame had lessen'd in our view , Had he , refusing , fled the maiden too . Yet our good priest to Joseph's praise aspired , As once rejecting what his heart desired ; " I am escaped , " he said , when none pursued ; When none attack'd ...
... fame had lessen'd in our view , Had he , refusing , fled the maiden too . Yet our good priest to Joseph's praise aspired , As once rejecting what his heart desired ; " I am escaped , " he said , when none pursued ; When none attack'd ...
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... fame ; These he presented with a grace his own To his fair friends , and made their beauties known , Not without moral compliment ; how they " Like flowers were sweet , and must like flowers decay . " Simple he was , and loved the ...
... fame ; These he presented with a grace his own To his fair friends , and made their beauties known , Not without moral compliment ; how they " Like flowers were sweet , and must like flowers decay . " Simple he was , and loved the ...
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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