The Borough. Letter XXIV: Schools (George Crabbe Poems)
To every class we have a School assign'd,Rules for all ranks and food for every mind:Yet one there is, that ...
To every class we have a School assign'd,Rules for all ranks and food for every mind:Yet one there is, that ...
ACT V.SCENE I. A Room in Susskind's House. LIEBHAID, CLAIRE, REUBEN.LIEBHAID.The air hangs sultry as in mid-July.Look forth, Claire; moves ...
Still, of her course, two hours had night to run; Yet, for departure so had all prepared; So the Egyptians, ...
ACT III. A cell in the Wartburg Monastery. Enter PRIOR PEPPERCORN with the casket.PRIOR.So! Glittering shell where doubtless shines concealedAn ...
The jocund years with smiling plenty crown'd,In shining circles now advanc'd their round:Unbounded crops reward the reaper's toil,And rustick pleasures ...
'Twas the hour of four by Quarterman's clock Of a July day in the afternoon,- Four of the clock, not ...
Mean time the Pagan deities, displeas'd To find the public storms so soon appeas'd, Studious attempt by new malicious ways, ...
By Chinese Charley's junk-store, by the Panama Saloon,Where 'longshore loafers lean and spit, at morning, night, and noon, —All among ...
We read about the tribes dispersed, That Israelitish host, Condemned and exiled, sin-accursed, Among the ...
He'ah dat ole gray sinnaH's jes brimful o' gas,Singin' dat tomfool dittyAs he goes hobblin' pas'!He betta be prayin' and ...
When Reuben Pantier ran away and threw meI went to Springfield. There I met a lush,Whose father just deceased left ...
Away by the lands of the Japanee Where the paper lanterns glow And the crews of all the shipping drink ...
To the legion of the lost ones, to the cohort of the damned, To my brethren in their sorrow overseas, ...
WILLIAM Dewy, Tranter Reuben, Farmer Ledlow late at plough, Robert's kin, and John's, and Ned's, And the Squire, and Lady ...
Thousand minstrels woke within me, "Our music's in the hills; "- Gayest pictures rose to win me, Leopard-colored rills. Up!-If ...
AN ALPHABET OF FAMOUS GOOPS. Which you 'll Regard with Yells and Whoops. Futile Acumen! For you Yourselves are Doubtless ...
Like Oedipus I am losing my sight. LIke Judas I have done my wrong. Their punishment is over; the shame ...
For God has given us a language of monosyllables to prevent our clipping. For a toad enjoys a finer prospect ...
Because he was a butcher and thereby Did earn an honest living (and did right), I would not have you ...
When Reuben Pantier ran away and threw me I went to Springfield. There I met a lush, Whose father just ...
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