George Crabbe
George Crabbe
George Crabbewas an English poet, surgeon, and clergyman. He is best known for his early use of the realistic narrative form and his descriptions of middle and working-class life and people...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth24 December 1754
pride men light
Men famed for wit, of dangerous talents vain, Treat those of common parts with proud disdain; The powers that wisdom would, improving, hide, They blaze abroad, with inconsid'rate pride; While yet but mere probationers for fame, They seize the honor they should then disclaim: Honor so hurried to the light must fade, The lasting laurels nourish in the shade.
sin sinning
Fears of sinning let in thoughts of sin.
nice long grace
But jest apart--what virtue canst thou trace In that broad trim that hides thy sober face? Does that long-skirted drab, that over-nice And formal clothing, prove a scorn of vice? Then for thine accent--what in sound can be So void of grace as dull monotony?
time race faces
See Time has touched me gently in his race, And left no odious furrows in my face.
sacred affection members
Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.
poetry myrtle ruins
Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme? Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread, By winding myrtle round your ruin'd shed?
passion news masters
A master passion is the love of news.
complaining gains farming
Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, like other farmers, flourish and complain.
christian race faithful
What is a church? Let Truth and reason speak, They would reply, "The faithful, pure and meek, From Christian folds, the one selected race, Of all professions, and in every place.
musician tunes
Feed the musician, and he's out of tune.
fields charm flocks
I grant indeed that fields and flocks have charms, For him that gazes or for him that farms.
disrespect want spirit
Impertinence will intermeddle in things in which it has no concern, showing a want of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer impudence.
arrogance littles presumption
Arrogance is the act of the great; presumption that of the little.
church bells towers
What is a church?—Our honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.