 | 1783 - 424 pages
...Where other cares than thofe the mufe relates, And other ihepherds dwell with other mates; By fuch examples taught, I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not.* The fterility of the foil in the neighbourhood of Mr. Crabbe's village is beautifully defcribed. '... | |
 | 1783 - 524 pages
...Where other cares than thnfe the mufe relate.-, And other Ihepherds dwell with other mates; By fuch examples taught, I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not.' The flerility of the foil in the neighbourhood of Mr. Crabbe's village is beautifully defcribed. '... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1808 - 280 pages
...of poetic pride ? No ; cast by Fortune on a frowning coast, Which neither groves nor happy vallies boast ; Where other cares than those the Muse relates,...paint it, and as bards will not : Nor you, ye poor, of letter' d scorn complain, To you the smoothest song is smooth in vain; O'ercome by labour and bow'd... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1808 - 302 pages
...hide, In tinsel trappings of poetic pride? No ; cast by Fortune on a frowning coast, Which neither groves nor happy valleys boast ; Where other cares...other mates ; By such examples taught, I paint the Got, As truth will paint it and as bards will not : JVor you, ye Poor, of letter'd scorn complain,... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1808 - 274 pages
...pride ? No ; cast by Fortune on a frowning coast, Which neither groves nor happy vallies boast ; WTiere other cares than those the Muse relates, And other...mates ; By such examples taught, I paint the cot, As train' will paint it, and as bards will not : ^^, —«„'•*" "..-••"'*.. --V — ---*--- •*... | |
 | 1808 - 590 pages
...the dust." The first book of the Village ends No; cast by Fortune on a frowning coast, Which neither Groves nor happy Valleys boast ; „ Where other cares than those the Muse with a highly wrought picture, which relates, we will extract : — Andothershepherdsdwdl with other... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1810 - 178 pages
...hide, In tinsel trappings of poetic pride ? No ; cast by Fortune on a frowning coast, Which neither groves nor happy valleys boast ; Where other cares...Mates ; By such examples taught, I paint the Cot, Ai Truth will paint it and as Bards will not : For you, ye Poor, of letter'd scorn complain, To you... | |
 | 1811 - 566 pages
...knew their pains.— Then shall I dare these real ills to hide In tinsel trappings of poetic pride ? By such examples taught, I paint the cot As Truth will paint it, and as bards will not — From these extracts, as well as from the constant tenor of his writings, it is clear that Mr. Crabbe... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1812 - 190 pages
...In tinsel trappings of poetic pride ? No; cast by Fortune on a frowning coast, Which neither groreg nor happy valleys boast; Where other cares than those...Cot, As Truth will paint it and as Bards will not : For you, ye Poor, of letterM scorn complaiu, To you the smoothest song is smooth in vain ; O'ercchne... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1816 - 306 pages
...hide, In tinsel trappings of poetic pride ? No ; cast by Fortune on a frowning coast, Which neither groves nor happy valleys boast ; Where other cares...complain, To you the smoothest song is smooth in vain ; O'eroome by labour and bow'd down by time, Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme? Can Poets soothe... | |
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Where other cares than those the Muse relates, And other shepherds dwell with other mates; By such examples taught, I paint the Cot, As Truth will paint it, and as Bards will not... 
