Tale XIX (George Crabbe Poems)
THE CONVERT.Some to our Hero have a hero's nameDenied, because no father's he could claim;Nor could his mother with precision ...
George Crabbe Poems on Danger & Risk (28 Poems)
Tale II (George Crabbe Poems)
THE PARTING HOUR.Minutely trace man's life; year after year,Through all his days let all his deeds appear,And then though some ...
Tale IX (George Crabbe Poems)
EDWARD SHORE.Genius! thou gift of Heav'n! thou light divine!Amid what dangers art thou doom'd to shine!Oft will the body's weakness ...
Tale XVII (George Crabbe Poems)
RESENTMENT.Females there are of unsuspicious mind,Easy and soft and credulous and kind;Who, when offended for the twentieth time,Will hear the ...
Tale VI (George Crabbe Poems)
THE FRANK COURTSHIP.Grave Jonas Kindred, Sybil Kindred's sire,Was six feet high, and look'd six inches higher;Erect, morose, determined, solemn, slow,Who ...
Tale XIV (George Crabbe Poems)
THE STRUGGLES OF CONSCIENCE.A serious Toyman in the city dwelt,Who much concern for his religion felt;Reading, he changed his tenets, ...
Tale XIII (George Crabbe Poems)
JESSE AND COLIN.A Vicar died and left his Daughter poor -It hurt her not, she was not rich before:Her humble ...
Tale III (George Crabbe Poems)
THE GENTLEMAN FARMER.Gwyn was a farmer, whom the farmers all,Who dwelt around, "the Gentleman" would call;Whether in pure humility or ...
The Borough. Letter IV: Sects And Professions In Religion (George Crabbe Poems)
SECTS in Religion?--Yes of every raceWe nurse some portion in our favour'd place;Not one warm preacher of one growing sectCan ...
The Parish Register – Part II: Marriages (George Crabbe Poems)
DISPOSED to wed, e'en while you hasten, stay;There's great advantage in a small delay:Thus Ovid sang, and much the wise ...
The Borough. Letter VI: Professions–Law (George Crabbe Poems)
TRADES and Professions--these are themes the Muse,Left to her freedom, would forbear to choose;But to our Borough they in truth ...
The Borough. Letter XII: Players (George Crabbe Poems)
These are monarchs none respect,Heroes, yet an humbled crew,Nobles, whom the crowd correct,Wealthy men, whom duns pursue;Beauties shrinking from the ...
Tale XX (George Crabbe Poems)
THE BROTHERS.Than old George Fletcher, on the British coastDwelt not a seaman who had more to boast:Kind, simple and sincere--he ...
Tale XV (George Crabbe Poems)
ADVICE; OR THE 'SQUIRE AND THE PRIEST.A wealthy Lord of far-extended landHad all that pleased him placed at his command;Widow'd ...
The Candidate (George Crabbe Poems)
A POETICAL EPISTLE TO THE AUTHORS OF THE MONTHLY REVIEW.AN INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS OF THE AUTHOR TO HIS POEMS.Ye idler things, ...
The Borough. Letter II: The Church (George Crabbe Poems)
WHAT is a Church?--Let Truth and Reason speak,They would reply, "The faithful, pure, and meek;From Christian folds, the one selected ...
The Borough. Letter VII: Professions–Physic (George Crabbe Poems)
NEXT, to a graver tribe we turn our view,And yield the praise to worth and science due,But this with serious ...
The Borough. Letter IX: Amusements (George Crabbe Poems)
OF our Amusements ask you?--We amuseOurselves and friends with seaside walks and views,Or take a morning ride, a novel, or ...
The Borough. Letter XIX: The Parish-Clerk (George Crabbe Poems)
WITH our late Vicar, and his age the same,His clerk, hight Jachin, to his office came;The like slow speech was ...
The Borough. Letter I (George Crabbe Poems)
DESCRIBE the Borough--though our idle tribeMay love description, can we so describe,That you shall fairly streets and buildings trace,And all ...
The Borough. Letter XXIII: Prisons (George Crabbe Poems)
'TIS well--that Man to all the varying statesOf good and ill his mind accommodates;He not alone progressive grief sustains,But soon ...
The Borough. Letter XIII: The Alms-House And Trustees (George Crabbe Poems)
LEAVE now our streets, and in yon plain beholdThose pleasant Seats for the reduced and old;A merchant's gift, whose wife ...
Tale XI (George Crabbe Poems)
ARABELLA.Of a fair town where Doctor Rack was guide,His only daughter was the boast and pride -Wise Arabella, yet not ...
Tale XII (George Crabbe Poems)
'SQUIRE THOMAS; OR THE PRECIPITATE CHOICE.'Squire Thomas flatter'd long a wealthy Aunt,Who left him all that she could give or ...
The Borough. Letter V: The Election (George Crabbe Poems)
YES, our Election's past, and we've been free,Somewhat as madmen without keepers be;And such desire of Freedom has been shown,That ...
The Borough. Letter XV: Inhabitants Of The Alms-House. Clelia (George Crabbe Poems)
WE had a sprightly nymph--in every townAre some such sprights, who wander up and down;She had her useful arts, and ...
The Mourner (George Crabbe Poems)
Yes! there are real mourners — I have seenA fair, sad girl, mild, suffering, and serene;Attention (through the day) her ...
Meeting (George Crabbe Poems)
MY Damon was the first to wake The gentle flame that cannot die;My Damon is the last to take ...