Poems - Crabbe (1808)

by George Crabbe

POEMS.

 

BY THE

 

REV. GEORGE CRABBE, LL.B

 

 

Ipse per Ausonias Æneïa carmina gentesQui sonat, ingenti qui nomine pulsat Olympum;Mæöniumque senem Romano provocat ore:Forsitan illius nemoris latuisset in umbrâQuod canit, et sterili tantum cantâsset avenâIgnotus populi; si Mæcenate careret.Paneg. ad Pisones, Lucan. 

 

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PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY BRADFORD & INSKEEP,

NO. 4, SOUTH THIRD STREET.

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1808.

CONTENTS.

1. PAGE

2. Dedication (not in original TOC) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   iii

3. Preface (not in original TOC) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   vii

4. The Village ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

5. Book I. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

6. Book II. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   19

7. The Parish Register ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   27

8. Part I—Baptisms ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   29

9. Part II.—Marriages ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   61

10. Part III.—Burials ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    85

11. The Library ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    123

12. The Newspaper ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    151

13. The Birth of Flattery ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    173

14. Reflections upon the Subject— Quid juvat errore, mersâ jam puppi, fateri? Quid lacrymæ commissa levant delicta secutæ?

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15. Sir Eustace Grey ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    197

16. The Hall of Justice ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    217

17. Part I. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    219

18. Part II. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    225

19. Woman! ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    233