Category: Poetry
The poems contained in this volume, which comprise the whole of the _Tales_ and the first eleven of the _Tales of the Hall_, are without exception printed from the edition of 1823, the last of Crabbe’s works published in this country in his lifetime.
The poems contained in this volume, which comprise the whole of the _Tales_ and the first eleven of the _Tales of the Hall_, are without exception printed from the edition of 18...
23. BOOK XI.Three days remain’d their friend, and then again The Brothers left themselves to entertain; When spake the younger--“It would please me well To hear thy spinster-friend her stor...
17. BOOK VIII.The morning shone in cloudless beauty bright; Richard his letters read with much delight; George from his pillow rose in happy tone, His bosom’s lord sat lightly on his throne....
15. BOOK VII.“Thanks, my dear Richard; and, I pray thee, deign To speak the truth--does all this love remain, And all this joy? for views and flights sublime, Ardent and tender, are subdued...
21. BOOK X.Save their kind friend the rector, Richard yet Had not a favourite of his brother met; Now at the Hall that welcome guest appear’d, By trust, by trials, and by time endear’d; Of...
26. Book VIII.[illegible attempts.] The very Virtues suffer! and but few Altho’ unshamed bear Want and pity too. This is the Serpent Poverty that Stings! And Wealth, thus flying, certain mise...
9. BOOK IV.Eight days had past; the Brothers now could meet With ease, and take the customary seat. “These” said the host--for he perceived where stray’d His brother’s eye, and what he now...
11. BOOK V.Richard would wait till George the tale should ask, Nor waited long--He then resumed the task. “South in the port, and eastward in the street, Rose a small dwelling, my beloved...
7. BOOK III.We name the world a school, for day by day We something learn, till we are call’d away; The school we name a world,--for vice and pain, Fraud and contention, there begin to reig...
13. BOOK VI.“This then, dear Richard, was the way you took To gain instruction--thine a curious book, Containing much of both the false and true; But thou hast read it, and with profit too....
19. BOOK IX.“Whom pass’d we musing near the woodman’s shed, Whose horse not only carried him but led, That his grave rider might have slept the time, Or solved a problem, or composed a rhym...
3. BOOK I.The Brothers met who many a year had past Since their last meeting, and that seem’d their last; They had no parent then or common friend Who might their hearts to mutual kindnes...
24. Act II. Scene 4_ read _Much Ado about Nothing, Act III. Scene 1_.p. 134 l. 3 for _heavens_ read _heaven_. p. 145 l. 11 for _with purged_ read _in purged_. p. 159 l. 13 for _upon_ read _of_. _ib._ l. 16 for _pitiable_ read _pitiful and_. _ib._...
25. Book IV.“Brother,” said George, “when I beheld you last, The time how distant!--Well! the time is past-- I had not then these comforts you behold, Things that amuse us when we’re gettin...
5. BOOK II.At length the Brothers met, no longer tried By those strong feelings that in time subside; Not fluent yet their language, but the eye And action spoke both question and reply; T...
28. Part II.Preface: p. 92, l. 21. _The following footnote to the words_, His Dedication, _was omitted in Vol. I_: Neither of these were adopted. The author had written, about that time, so...
27. Part I.My years, indeed, are sad and few, Though weak these limbs, and shrunk this frame: For Grief has done what Time should do; And I am old in care and shame.
8. BOOK IV.Meeting of the Brothers in the Morning--Pictures, Music, Books--The Autumnal Walk--The Farm--The Flock--Effect of Retirement upon the Mind--Dinner--Richard’s Adventure at Sea--G...
10. BOOK V.Richard resumes his Narrative--Visits a Family in a Seaport--The Man and his Wife--Their Dwelling--Books, Number and Kind--The Friendship contracted--Employment there--Hannah, t...
12. BOOK VI.Richard relates his Illness and Retirement--A Village Priest and his two Daughters--His peculiar Studies--His Simplicity of Character--Arrival of a third Daughter--Her Zeal in h...
22. BOOK XI.A Mother’s Advice--Trials for a young Lady--Ancient Lovers--The Mother a Wife--Grandmamma--Genteel Economy--Frederick, a young Collegian--Grandmamma dies--Retreat with Biddy--Co...
16. BOOK VIII.Morning Walk and Conversation--Visit at a Cottage--Characters of the Sisters--Lucy and Jane--Their Lovers--Their Friend the Banker and his Lady--Their Intimacy--Its Consequence-...
2. BOOK I.The Meeting of the Brothers, George and Richard--The Retirement of the elder to his native Village--Objects and Persons whom he found there--The Brother described in various Par...
18. BOOK IX.The Morning Ride--Conversation--Character of one whom they meet- His early Habits and Mode of Thinking--The Wife whom he would choose--The one chosen--His Attempts to teach--In...
14. BOOK VII.Conversation--Story of the elder Brother--His romantic Views and Habits--The Scene of his Meditations--Their Nature--Interrupted by an Adventure--The Consequences of it--A stron...
6. BOOK III.20. BOOK X.4. BOOK II.