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About George Crabbe
George Crabbe (December 24, 1754 β February 3, 1832) was an English poet, known for his realistic and unsentimental portrayals of peasant life.
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βCut and come again.β
βBetter to love amiss than nothing to have loved.β
βTo sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.β
βTime has touched me gently in his race,
And left no odious furrows in my face.β
And left no odious furrows in my face.β
βBooks cannot always please, however good;
Minds are not ever craving for their food.β
Minds are not ever craving for their food.β
βBut 'twas a maxim he had often tried,
That right was right, and there he would abide.β
That right was right, and there he would abide.β
βWho calls a lawyer rogue, may find, too late
Upon one of these depends his whole estate.β
Upon one of these depends his whole estate.β
βSecrets with girls, like loaded guns with boys,
Are never valued till they make a noise.β
Are never valued till they make a noise.β
βHabit with him was all the test of truth,
It must be right: Iβve done it from my youth.β
It must be right: Iβve done it from my youth.β
βOur farmers round, well pleased with constant gain,
Like other farmers, flourish and complain.β
Like other farmers, flourish and complain.β
βOh, rather give me commentators plain,
Who with no deep researches vex the brain;
Who from the dark and doubtful love to run,
And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun.β
Who with no deep researches vex the brain;
Who from the dark and doubtful love to run,
And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun.β
βHer air, her manners, all who saw admir'd;
Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd;
The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd,
And ease of heart her every look convey'd.β
Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd;
The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd,
And ease of heart her every look convey'd.β
βWhere Plenty smiles - alas! she smiles for few,
And those who taste not, yet behold her store,
Are as the slaves that dig the golden ore,
The wealth around them makes them doubly poor.β
And those who taste not, yet behold her store,
Are as the slaves that dig the golden ore,
The wealth around them makes them doubly poor.β
βThe mind here exhibited is one untouched by pity, unstung by remorse, and uncorrected by shame; yet is this hardihood of temper and spirit broken by want, disease, solitude, and disappointment, and he becomes the victim of a distempered and horror-stricken fancy.β
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George Crabbe on Cowardice 2 quotes
βThe coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.β
George Crabbe on Experience 2 quotes
βIn her experience all her friends relied, Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.β
George Crabbe on Church 2 quotes
βWhat is a church?βOur honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.β
George Crabbe on Quackery 2 quotes
βVoid of all honor, avaricious, rash, The daring tribe compound their boasted trashβ Tincture of syrup, lotion, drop, or pill; All tempt the sick to trust the lying bill.β
George Crabbe on English proverbs (alphabetically by proverb)
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George Crabbe on Paradise
George Crabbe on Love
βBetter to love amiss than nothing to have loved.β
George Crabbe on Repentance
βTo sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent!β
George Crabbe on Goodness
George Crabbe on Time
βSee Time has touched me gently in his race, And left no odious furrows in my face.β
George Crabbe on Books
βBooks cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.β
George Crabbe on Rights
βBut 'twas a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide.β
George Crabbe on Patience
George Crabbe on Habit (psychology)
George Crabbe on Status quo
George Crabbe on Poetry
George Crabbe on Sin
βCome, now again, thy woes impart, Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin; We cannot heal the throbbing heart Till we discern the wounds within.β
George Crabbe on Ridicule
George Crabbe on Customs
βMan yields to custom, as he bows to fate, In all things ruledβmind, body, and estate; In pain, in sickness, we for cure apply To them we know not, and we know not why.β
George Crabbe on Authors
βOh! rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful love to run, And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun.β
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George Crabbe on Wives 2 quotes
βThe wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak; She could not think, but would not cease to speak.β
George Crabbe on Women
βHer air, her manners, all who saw admired; Courteous though coy, and gentle, though retired: The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd, And ease of heart her every look convey'd.β
About George Crabbe
George Crabbe (December 24, 1754 β February 3, 1832) was an English poet, known for his realistic and unsentimental portrayals of peasant life.