George Crabbe Quotes - Page 4

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• 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?

  George Crabbe

  Nice, Long, Grace

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• Lo! the poor toper whose untutored sense, Sees bliss in ale, and can with wine dispense; Whose head proud fancy never taught to steer, Beyond the muddy ecstasies of beer.

  George Crabbe

  Wine, Beer, Proud

  'Inebriety' (in imitation of Pope, 1775) pt. 1, l. 132.

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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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• Secrets with girls, like guns with boys, are never valued till they make a noise.

  George Crabbe

  Girl, Gun, Boys

  'Tales of the Hall' (1819) 'The Maid's Story' l. 84

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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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• 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?

  George Crabbe

  Poetry, Myrtle, Ruins

  George Crabbe, “The VILLage: Book I”

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• Void of all honor, avaricious, rash, The daring tribe compound their boasted trash Tincture of syrup, lotion, drop, or pill; All tempt the sick to trust the lying bill.

  George Crabbe

  Lying, Sick, Honor

  George Crabbe, Allan Cunningham (1855). “George Crabbe's Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales”, p.361

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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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• Impertinence will intermeddle in things in which it has no concern, showing a want of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer impudence.

  George Crabbe

  Disrespect, Want, Spirit

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• In this wild world the fondest and the best
  Are the most tried, most troubled and distress'd.

  George Crabbe

  Adversity, Wild World, World

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• Let's learn to live, for we must die alone.

  George Crabbe

  Life, Dies

  George Crabbe (1855). “The Poetical Works of George Crabbe. With Life. Eight Engravings on Steel”, p.161

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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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• Her 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.

  George Crabbe

  Eye, Heart, Air

  George Crabbe (1838). “The Village, The Parish Register, and Other Poems”, p.15

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