Tale VIII (George Crabbe Poems)
THE MOTHER.There was a worthy, but a simple Pair,Who nursed a Daughter, fairest of the fair:Sons they had lost, and ...
THE MOTHER.There was a worthy, but a simple Pair,Who nursed a Daughter, fairest of the fair:Sons they had lost, and ...
——— A manly race Of unsubmitting spirit, wise and brave; Who still through bleeding ages struggled hard To hold a ...
Francesca.Crush'd and throng'd are all the places In our amphitheatre,'Midst a sea of swarming faces I can yet distinguish her;Dost ...
FIRED by applauding Fame's report,AMANTOR sought the dazzling court,Where beauteous dwelt in stately hall,The PRINCESS of the CHRYSTAL ...
Base is the purpose of this Epic Song,Baneful its powers: but, oh, the Poesy("What can it less when Sun-born GENIUS ...
Salute the august train! a scene so grand, With every tuneful band; The mighty brave, His country bound to save, ...
HAIL , happy Sister! great in arts and arms,In manly valour and in female charms;Whose classic sons the noblest honours ...
YOU modern men, purveyors of perfection,Whose blazoned gifts from catalogue andhoardingRefurbish hackneyed eulogies, recordingYour stock's worth and all rivalry's subjection ...
A stroke of lightning stabbed the storm-black sea, As if it sought the heart of Life thereunder, And ...
Can it be the sun descending O'er the level plain of water? Or the Red Swan floating, flying, Wounded by ...
LOng my dull Muse in heavy slumbers lay, Indulging Sloth, and to soft Ease gave way, Her Fill of Rest ...
Something, I cannot fully explain; but certain and true each time, on the side of the main street the parade ...
Of all the opry-houses then obtaining in the West The one which Milton Tootle owned was, by all odds, the ...
I was there with the young men who danced to OZ. I filled the room with my expectations, creamed the ...
When Yankies, skill'd in martial rule, First put the British troops to school; Instructed them in warlike trade, And new ...
Glad as the weary traveller tempest-tost To reach secure at length his native coast, Who wandering long o'er distant lands ...
Till midnight her needle she plied To finish her pretty pink dress; "Oh, bless you, my darling," she sighed; "I ...
(WASHINGTON SQUARE) I met him, as one meets a ghost or two, Between the gray Arch and the old Hotel. ...
A misprint in a newspaper reported: 'Auden stepped from the train and was greeted by a small but enthusiastic crow.' ...
Applauding youths laughed with young prostitutes And watched her perfect, half-clothed body sway; Her voice was like the sound of ...
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