Poetical Works, Volume 51837 |
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appear'd art thou beauty Beccles beheld brother Caliph CHIG Clubb comfort compell'd confess'd Conscience cried crime dare delight disdain distress'd doubt dread dwelt ease exclaim'd fail'd fair faithful Fasil fate father fear fear'd feel felt fix'd folly fond Fulham gain'd gave gentle George GEORGE CRABBE grace grief grieved happy hear heard heart hope humble husband Isaac Jesse John Dighton kind knew lady Lady saw live look look'd maid Merchant of Venice mind never Newmarket nymph o'er obey'd Orlando pain pass'd passion peace pity pleased pleasure poison'd poor pride replied rest Richard III School for Scandal scorn seem'd shame sigh smile sorrow soul speak spirit spleen Squire sure as fate tale terror thee thou thought threat'ning trembling truth Twas UNIV vex'd vile virtue weak wife wish wretch youth
Popular passages
Page 95 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 161 - He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity...
Page 219 - A credulous father, and a brother noble, Whose nature is so far from doing harms, That he suspects none, on whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy ! — I see the business.
Page 197 - I have liv'd long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends...
Page 116 - He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Page 95 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder, in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all 'Guilty! guilty!
Page 26 - Nor wears a rosy blush, nor sheds perfume ; The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spread Partake the nature of their fenny bed; Here on its wiry stem, in rigid bloom, Grows the salt lavender that lacks perfume ; Here the dwarf sallows creep, the septfoil harsh, And the soft slimy mallow of the marsh ; Lmv on the ear the distant billows sound, And just in view appears their stony bound...
Page 180 - Yes, he fell " Close at the door where he was wont to dwell ; " There his sole friend, the Ass, was standing by, " Half dead himself, to see his Master die.
Page 22 - ... around, And what is seen is all on fairy ground ; Again they sicken, and on every view Cast their own dull and melancholy hue ; Or, if absorb'd by their peculiar cares, The vacant eye on viewless matter glares, Our feelings still upon our views attend, And their own natures to the objects lend ; Sorrow and joy are in their influence sure., Long as the passion reigns th...
Page 3 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that, which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.