George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 3 (of 3)
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The Poetical Works of George Crabbe is a collection of poems written by the English poet George Crabbe, first published in 1888. The book includes a comprehensive selection of Crabbe's works, including his most famous poems such as ""The Village"" and ""The Borough"". The poems are written in Crabbe's signature style, which is characterized by his use of realistic and often gritty depictions of rural life and the struggles of ordinary people. The book also includes an introduction by the editor, which provides context for Crabbe's life and work, as well as notes on the poems themselves. Overal...
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- GEORGE CRABBE POEMS
- PREFACE.
- CORRIGENDUM, CRABBE’S POEMS, VOL. III.
- CONTENTS.
- TALES OF THE HALL.
- BOOK XII. SIR OWEN DALE.
- BOOK XIII. DELAY HAS DANGER.
- BOOK XIV. THE NATURAL DEATH OF LOVE.
- HENRY AND EMMA.
- BOOK XV. GRETNA GREEN.
- BOOK XVI. LADY BARBARA; OR, THE GHOST.
- BOOK XVII. THE WIDOW.
- BOOK XVIII. ELLEN.
- BOOK XIX. WILLIAM BAILEY.
- BOOK XX. THE CATHEDRAL-WALK.
- BOOK XXI. SMUGGLERS AND POACHERS.
- BOOK XXII. THE VISIT CONCLUDED.
- POSTHUMOUS TALES.
- TALE I. SILFORD HALL; OR, THE HAPPY DAY.
- TALE II. THE FAMILY OF LOVE.
- TALE III. THE EQUAL MARRIAGE.
- TALE IV. RACHEL.
- TALE V. VILLARS.
- THE FAREWELL AND RETURN
- TALE VI. THE FAREWELL AND RETURN.
- TALE VII. THE SCHOOL-FELLOW.
- TALE VIII. BARNABY, THE SHOPMAN.
- TALE IX. JANE.
- TALE X. THE ANCIENT MANSION.
- TALE XI. THE MERCHANT.
- TALE XII. THE BROTHER BURGESSES.
- TALE XIII. THE DEAN’S LADY.
- TALE XIV. THE WIFE AND WIDOW.
- TALE XV. BELINDA WATERS.
- TALE XVI. THE DEALER AND CLERK.
- TALE XVII. DANVERS AND RAYNER.
- TALE XVIII. THE BOAT RACE.
- TALE XIX. MASTER WILLIAM; OR, LAD’S LOVE.
- TALE XX. THE WILL.
- TALE XXI. THE COUSINS.
- TALE XXII. PREACHING AND PRACTICE.
- MISCELLANEOUS VERSES (1780—1829) PREVIOUSLY PRINTED AND NOW FIRST ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE.
- POETICAL EPISTLES.
- EPISTLE I.
- EPISTLE II. TO MIRA.
- [FROM BELVOIR CASTLE.]
- THE LADIES OF THE LAKE.
- INFANCY—A FRAGMENT.
- THE MAGNET.
- STORM AND CALM.
- SATIRE.
- [THE NEW SAMARITAN.]
- BELVOIR CASTLE.
- THE WORLD OF DREAMS.
- [HIS MOTHER’S WEDDING-RING.]
- [PARHAM REVISITED.]
- FLIRTATION.
- LINES IN LAURA’S ALBUM.
- LINES WRITTEN AT WARWICK.
- ON A DRAWING OF THE ELM TREE, UNDER WHICH THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON STOOD SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
- ON RECEIVING FROM A LADY A PRESENT OF A RING.
- TO A LADY, WITH SOME POETICAL EXTRACTS.
- TO A LADY, ON LEAVING HER AT SIDMOUTH.
- TO SARAH, COUNTESS OF JERSEY, ON HER BIRTHDAY.
- TO A LADY WHO DESIRED SOME VERSES AT PARTING.
- THE FRIEND IN LOVE.
- [DISILLUSIONED.]
- [LINES] FROM A DISCARDED POEM, ENCLOSED, AT MRS LEADBEATER’S REQUEST, FOR THOMAS WILKINSON’S COLLECTION OF HANDWRITINGS.
- ON THE DEATH OF SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY.
- LINES.
- [LINES.]
- LINES, ADDRESSED TO THE DOWAGER DUCHESS OF RUTLAND.
- FRAGMENTS OF TALES AND MISCELLANEOUS VERSES NOT PREVIOUSLY PRINTED, ARRANGED (SO FAR AS POSSIBLE) IN CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE
- TRACY.
- [SUSAN AND HER LOVERS.]
- CAPTAIN GODFREY.
- THE AMOURS OF G[EORGE].
- [FRAGMENTS OF TALES OF THE HALL.]
- TRAGIC TALES, WHY?
- [ROBERT AND CATHARINE.]
- DAVID JONES.
- THE DESERTED FAMILY.
- THE FUNERAL OF THE SQUIRE.
- JOSEPH AND CHARLES.
- [CONTENTMENT.]
- TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF RUTLAND.
- [THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM.]
- [SORROW.]
- [A FRAGMENT.]
- [POVERTY AND LOVE.]
- [THE CURATE’S PROGRESS.]
- [THE TASK.]
- [CONSCIOUS GUILTINESS.]
- [BELIEF AND UNBELIEF.]
- VERSES WRITTEN FOR THE DUKE OF RUTLAND’S BIRTHDAY.
- MISS WALDRON’S BIRTHDAY.
- TO THE HON. MRS SPENCER.
- AN INSCRIPTION AT GUY’S CLIFF.
- ADDITION TO THE FOREGOING VERSES.
- [ON A VIEW OF] BARFORD.
- BROMPTON PARK COTTAGE.
- [MOMENTARY GRIEF.]
- LA FEMME JALOUSE (TENIERS).
- [THE FLOWERS OF THE SPRING.]
- [LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI.]
- [HOPELESS LOVE.]
- [UNION.]
- [REVIVAL.]
- [METAMORPHOSIS.]
- JANE ADAIR.
- [HORATIO.]
- [JACOB AND RACHEL.]
- [DAVID AND SAUL.]
- ENIGMA.
- CHARADE.
- [MATILDA.]
- THE PRODIGAL GOING.
- ON A DRAWING OF CADLANDS.
- [ON] A DRAWING, BY THE HON. MRS SMITH (ELIZA FORRESTER).
- FOR THE DRAWING OF THE LADY IN THE GREEN MANTLE.
- JOSEPH’S DREAM.
- [REST IN THE LORD!]
- AND HE SAID UNTO HER “THY SINS ARE FORGIVEN.”
- ERRATA. VOL. III.
- VARIANTS.
- Book XII.
- Book XIII.
- Book XIV.
- Book XVI.
- Book XVII.
- Book XVIII.
- Book XIX.
- Book XX.
- Tale I.
- Tale III.
- Tale V.
- Tale VI.
- Tale VII.
- Tale VIII.
- Tale IX.
- Tale X.
- Tale XI.
- Tale XII.
- Tale XIII.
- Tale XIV.
- Tale XV.
- Tale XVI.
- Tale XVII.
- Tale XVIII.
- Tale XIX.
- Tale XX.
- Tale XXII.
- MISCELLANEOUS PIECES PREVIOUSLY PRINTED.
- STORM AND CALM.
- BELVOIR CASTLE.
- LINES WRITTEN AT WARWICK.
- ON A DRAWING OF THE ELM TREE, ETC.
- ON RECEIVING ... A PRESENT OF A RING.
- TO A LADY ... AT SIDMOUTH.
- TO SARAH, COUNTESS OF JERSEY....
- THE FRIEND IN LOVE.
- [ON THE DEATH OF SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY.]
- LINES ADDRESSED TO THE DOWAGER DUCHESS OF RUTLAND.
- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CRABBE’S POEMS.
- 1772.
- 1775.
- 1780.
- 1781.
- 1783.
- 1785.
- 1807.
- 1808.
- 1810.
- 1812.
- 1813.
- 1814.
- 1816.
- 1819.
- 1820.
- 1822.
- [1822.]
- 1823.
- 1829.
- [1829.]
- 1832.
- 1834.
- 1835.
- 1836.
- 1837.
- 1847.
- 1854.
- [1854.]
- [1855.]
- 1856.
- 1857.
- 1858.
- 1861.
- [1863.]
- 1866.
- 1867.
- [1873.]
- 1875.
- 1879.
- [1881.]
- 1882.
- 1883.
- 1886.
- 1888.
- 1891.
- 1896.
- 1898.
- 1899.
- 1901.
- 1902.
- 1903.
- 1905–6.
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