George Crabbe Quotes

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Lo! all in silence, all in order stand,
And mighty folios first, a lordly band;
Then quartos their well-ordered ranks maintain,
And light octavos fill a spacious plain.

George Crabbe

Anger makes us strong, Blind and impatient, And it leads us wrong; The strength is quickly lost; We feel the error long.

George Crabbe

Time has touched me gently in his race,
And left no odious furrows in my face.

George Crabbe

Wild were his dreams, and oft he rose in fright, Waked by his view of horrors in the night,— Horrors that would the sternest minds amaze, Horrors that demons might be proud to raise: And though he felt forsaken, grieved at heart, To think he lived from all mankind apart, Yet, if a man approached, in terrors he would start.

George Crabbe

Fashion, though Folly's child, and guide of fools,
Rules e'en the wisest, and in learning rules.

George Crabbe

The Town small-talk flows from lip to lip;
Intrigues half-gathered, conversation-scraps,
Kitchen-cabals, and nursery-mishaps.

George Crabbe

George Crabbe

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

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