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• That all men would be cowards if they dare,
  Some men we know have courage to declare.

  George Crabbe

  Men, Coward, Would Be

  George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.155

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• Fortunes are made, if I the facts may state--
  Though poor myself, I know the fortunate:
  First, there's a knowledge of the way from whence
  Good fortune comes--and this is sterling sense:
  Then perseverance, never to decline
  The chase of riches till the prey is thine;
  And firmness never to be drawn away
  By any passion from that noble prey--
  By love, ambition, study, travel, fame,
  Or the vain hope that lives upon a name.

  George Crabbe

  Perseverance, Ambition, Passion

  George Crabbe (1839). “The Poetical Works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok: Complete in One Volume”, p.364

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• Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead: And in whatever state a man be thrown, 'Tis that precisely they would wish their own.

  George Crabbe

  Men, Numbers, Wife

  George Crabbe (1855). “The Poetical Works of George Crabbe. With Life. Eight Engravings on Steel”, p.445

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• Temp'rate in every place--abroad, at home, Thence will applause, and hence will profit come; And health from either--he in time prepares For sickness, age, and their attendant cares.

  George Crabbe

  Home, Age, Care

  George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.278

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• There is no mind so weak and powerless as not to have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be without its prepossessions.

  George Crabbe

  Mind, Weak, Guarded

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• Life's bloomy flush was lost.

  George Crabbe

  Life, Lost

  George Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works with his letters and journals, and his life,”, p.191

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• Tis easiest dealing with the firmest mind--
  More just when it resists, and, when it yields, more kind.

  George Crabbe

  Yield, Mind, Kind

  George Crabbe (1847). “The Tales and Miscellaneous Poems”, p.272

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• O days remember'd well! remember'd all!
  The bitter sweet, the honey and the gall;
  Those garden rambles in the silent night,
  Those trees so shady, and that moon se bright,
  That thickset alley by the arbor clos'd,
  That woodbine seat where we at last repos'd;
  And then the hopes that came and then were gone,
  Quick as the clouds beneath the moon past on.

  George Crabbe

  Sweet, Moon, Night

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• Dreams are like portraits; and we find they please because they are confessed resemblances.

  George Crabbe

  Dream, Portraits, Please

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• Say, ye oppress'd by some fantastic woes,
  Some jarring nerve that baffles your repose;
  Who press the downy couch, while slaves advance
  With timid eye, to read the distant glance;
  Who with sad prayers the weary doctor tease,
  To name the nameless ever-new disease;
  Who with mock patience dire complaints endure,
  Which real pain and that alone can cure;
  How would ye bear in real pain to lie,
  Despised, neglected, left alone to die?
  How would ye bear to draw your latest breath,
  Where all that's wretched paves the way for death?

  George Crabbe

  Prayer, Pain, Real

  George Crabbe, Reginald Heber, Robert Pollok (1857). “The Poetical Works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok: Complete in One Volume”, p.15

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• We cannot heal the throbbing heart till we discern the wounds within.

  George Crabbe

  Heart, Emotional, Feelings

  George Crabbe (1823). “The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: In Five Volumes”, p.273

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• 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.

  George Crabbe

  Christian, Race, Faithful

  George Crabbe (1858). “The Poetical Works of George Crabbe”, p.98

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• He tried the luxury of doing good.

  George Crabbe

  Luxury, Doing Good

  'Tales of the Hall' (1819) 'Boys at School' l. 139

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• To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.

  George Crabbe

  House, Pay, Praise

  George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.188

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• "Lawyers Are": By law's dark by-ways he has stored his mind with wicked knowledge on how to cheat mankind.

  George Crabbe

  Dark, Law, Mind

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• Hence, in these times, untouch'd the pages lie, And slumber out their immortality.

  George Crabbe

  Lying, Slumber, Pages

  George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.38

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• Oh, Conscience! Conscience! man's most faithful friend, Him canst thou comfort, ease, relieve, defend; But if he will thy friendly checks forego, Thou art, oh! woe for me, his deadliest foe!

  George Crabbe

  Art, Men, Faithful

  George Crabbe, Allan Cunningham (1855). “George Crabbe's Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales”, p.146

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• The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.

  George Crabbe

  Coward, Equal, Rely

  George Crabbe (1855). “Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales”, p.25

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• 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.

  George Crabbe

  Hollies, Moss, Yew

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• Virtues neglected then, adored become, And graces slighted, blossom on the tomb.

  George Crabbe

  Grace, Virtue, Neglect

  'The Borough' (1810) Letter 2 'The Church' l. 133

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• From powerful causes spring the empiric's gains, Man's love of life, his weakness, and his pains; These first induce him the vile trash to try, Then lend his name, that other men may buy.

  George Crabbe

  Pain, Powerful, Spring

  George Crabbe (1834). “The Poetical Works with His Letters and Journals and His Life by His Son. - London, John Murray 1834”, p.135

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• In general satire, every man perceives A slight attack, yet neither fears nor grieves.

  George Crabbe

  Grieving, Men, Satire

  George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.127

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• 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.

  George Crabbe

  Air, Sky, Clouds

  George Crabbe, Adolphus William Ward (2014). “Poems”, p.13, Cambridge University Press

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• Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.

  George Crabbe

  Book, Cooking, Mind

  George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.93

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• With awe, around these silent walks I tread; These are the lasting mansions of the dead.

  George Crabbe

  Silent, Awe, Walks

  'The Library' (1808) l. 105

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