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
books books-and-reading cannot craving however minds
Books cannot always please, however good;/ Minds are not ever craving for their food.
maxim
But 'twas a maxim he had often tried, / That right was right, and there he would abide.
brains dark deep doubtful hold love rather
Oh! 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.
gold ring
The ring so worn, as you behold, / So thin, so pale, is yet of gold.
gently left odious race time touched
Time has touched me gently in his race,/ And left no odious furrows in my face.
honest tall tower
What is a church? - Our honest sexton tells, / 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.
english-poet
To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.
english-poet wisdom
Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.
sight air sky
Through the sharp air a flaky torrent flies, Mocks the slow sight, and hides the gloomy skies; The fleecy clouds their chilly bosoms bare, And shed their substance on the floating air.
hollies berries hue
All green was anished sae of pine and yew, That still displayed their melancholy hue; Sae the green holly with its berries red, And the green moss that o'er the grael spread.
coward equal rely
The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.
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.
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.