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Man yields to custom, as he bows to fate, In all things rul'd — mind, body, and estate: In pain, in sickness, we for cure apply To them we know not, and we know not why.
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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.
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Involved in sea-wrack, here you find a race, Which science, doubting, knows not where to place; On shell or stone is dropp'd the embryo-seed, And quickly vegetates a vital breed.
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The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.
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Beauties, when disposed to sleep,
Should from the eye of keen inspector keep:
The lovely nymph who would her swain surprise,
May close her mouth, but not conceal her eyes;
Sleep from the fairest face some beauty takes,
And all the homely features homelier makes.
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Dreams are like portraits; and we find they please because they are confessed resemblances.
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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.
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Ease leads to habit, as success to ease.
He lives by rule who lives himself to please.
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To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold effort of a valiant mind.
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Blest be the gracious Power, who taught mankind
To stamp a lasting image of the mind!
Beasts may convey, and tuneful birds may sing,
Their mutual feelings, in the opening spring;
But Man alone has skill and power to send
The heart's warm dictates to the distant friend;
'Tis his alone to please, instruct, advise
Ages remote, and nations yet to rise.
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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.
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Where Plenty smiles - alas! she smiles for few,
And those who taste not, yet behold her store,
Are as the slaves that dig the golden ore,
The wealth around them makes them doubly poor.
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Shall he who soars, inspired by loftier views,
Life's little cares and little pains refuse?
Shall he not rather feel a double share
Of mortal woe, when doubly arm'd to bear?
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Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain,
Like other farmers, flourish and complain.
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I hear those voices that will not be drowned calling.
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With awe, around these silent walks I tread;
These are the lasting mansions of the dead.
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I paint the cot,
As truth will paint it, and as bards will not.
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'What is a church?'—Our honest sexton tells,
''Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.'
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One was a female, who had grievous ill
Wrought in revenge, and she enjoy'd it still…
Sullen she was, and threatening; in her eye
Glared the stern triumph that she dared to die.
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But 'twas a maxim he had often tried,
That right was right, and there he would abide.
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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.
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Books cannot always please, however good;
Minds are not ever craving for their food.
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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?
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Secrets with girls, like loaded guns with boys,
Are never valued till they make a noise.
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Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.
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Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.
Ignazio Silone
George Crabbe
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Born:
December 24, 1754
Died:
February 3, 1832
(aged 77)
Bio:
George Crabbe was 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.
Known for:
The Borough
The Parish Register
George Crabbe: An Anthology
The Complete Poetical Works:
The Village and The Newspaper
Most used words:
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view
horrors
heart
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