The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: In Eight Volumes, Volume 3John Murray, 1823 |
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... smiling children of distress . Slaves though ye be , your wandering freedom seems , And with your varying views and restless schemes , Your griefs are transient , as your joys are dreams . Yet keen those griefs - ah ! what avail thy ...
... smiling children of distress . Slaves though ye be , your wandering freedom seems , And with your varying views and restless schemes , Your griefs are transient , as your joys are dreams . Yet keen those griefs - ah ! what avail thy ...
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... smiles at every speech , And thinks no youthful part beyond her reach ; But as the mist of vanity again Is blown away , by press of present pain , Sad and in doubt she to her purse applies For cause of comfort , where no comfort lies ...
... smiles at every speech , And thinks no youthful part beyond her reach ; But as the mist of vanity again Is blown away , by press of present pain , Sad and in doubt she to her purse applies For cause of comfort , where no comfort lies ...
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... smile ; To bear a strumpet's billet - doux a mile ; To cull a wanton for a youth of wealth , ( With reverend view to both his taste and health ) ; To be a useful , needy thing between Fear and 42 LETTER 14 . INHABITANTS OF THE.
... smile ; To bear a strumpet's billet - doux a mile ; To cull a wanton for a youth of wealth , ( With reverend view to both his taste and health ) ; To be a useful , needy thing between Fear and 42 LETTER 14 . INHABITANTS OF THE.
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... smiles , thrice affluent made , Still has he debts of ancient date unpaid ; Thrice into penury by error thrown , Not one right maxim has he made his own ; The old men shun him , -some his vices hate , And all abhor his principles and ...
... smiles , thrice affluent made , Still has he debts of ancient date unpaid ; Thrice into penury by error thrown , Not one right maxim has he made his own ; The old men shun him , -some his vices hate , And all abhor his principles and ...
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... Clouds lightly passing on a smiling day , - Whispers and hints which went from ear to ear , And mix'd reports no judge on earth could clear . But of each sex a friendly number press'd To joyous 50 LETTER 15 . INHABITANTS OF THE.
... Clouds lightly passing on a smiling day , - Whispers and hints which went from ear to ear , And mix'd reports no judge on earth could clear . But of each sex a friendly number press'd To joyous 50 LETTER 15 . INHABITANTS OF THE.
Palavras e frases frequentes
Abel behold Benbow Blaney BOROUGH Claudian clerk comfort compell'd cried crime dared deed delight Denys Brand dread dreams dwell ease evil fame fate fear fear'd feel felt fix'd foes Frederick Thompson gain'd give grew grief grieve grievous groan hear heart honour hope hour humble Jachin John Bunyan journey's end Juvenal kind knew labour lads LETTER live look look'd man's meads of asphodel mind misery Murrey never night nymph o'er once pain pass'd passions Peter PETER GRIMES pity pleasure poison'd poor praise pride Ratafia repent rest scenes scorn seat seem'd shame sigh sigh'd Sir Denys slave sleep smile soothed sorrow sought soul spirit spleen terrors thee thou thought took trembling tried turn'd twas vex'd vicar vice vile virtue walk'd wealth worth wretched youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 19 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, As who should say, 'I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark!
Página 189 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Página 155 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Página 199 - twixt heart and heart, When the dear friends had nothing to impart : — All! all! are over; — now th' accomplish' d maid Longs for the world, of nothing there afraid : Dreams of delight invade her gentle breast, And fancied lovers rob the heart of rest ; At the paternal door a carriage stands, Love knits their hearts and Hymen joins their hands. Ah ! — world unknown ! how charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new : Ah ! — world experienced ! what of thee is told ? How...
Página 158 - Peter dropp'd his oar, Fled from his boat and sought for prey on shore; Oft up the hedge-row glided, on his back Bearing the orchard's produce in a sack, Or farm-yard load, tugg'd fiercely from the stack; And as these wrongs to greater numbers rose, The more he look'd on all men as his foes. 50 He built a mud-wall'd hovel...
Página 189 - Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw...
Página 188 - Tokens of bliss ! Oh ! horrible ! a wave Roars as it rises— Save me, Edward '. save ! She cries :— Alas ! the watchman on his way Calls, and lets in — truth, terror, and the day ! STROLLING PLAYERS.
Página 164 - In its hot slimy channel slowly glide; Where the small eels that left the deeper way For the warm shore, within the shallows play; Where gaping muscles, left upon the mud, Slope their slow passage to the fallen flood; — Here dull and hopeless he'd lie down and trace How sidelong crabs had scrawl'd their crooked race, Or sadly listen to the tuneless cry Of fishing gull or clanging golden-eye; What time the sea-birds to the marsh would come, And the loud bittern, from the bull-rush home, Gave from...
Página 186 - Nay, there's a charm beyond what nature shows, The bloom is softer and more sweetly glows; — Pierced by no crime, and urged by no desire For more than true and honest hearts require, They feel the calm delight, and thus proceed Through the green lane, — then linger in the mead...
Página 6 - Not warn'd by misery, not enrich' d by gain; Whom justice pitying, chides from place to place, A wandering, careless, wretched, merry race, Who cheerful looks assume, and play the parts Of happy Rovers with repining hearts ; Then cast off care, and in the mimic pain Of tragic...