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" That evening all in fond discourse was spent, When the sad lover to his chamber went, To think on what had past, to grieve and to repent : Early he rose, and look'd with many a sigh On the red light that fill'd the eastern sky ; Oft had he stood before,... "
The Works - Page 191
by George Crabbe - 1823
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 198

1903 - 606 pages
...often-quoted lines in ' Delay has Danger ' : — ' Oft bad he stood before, alert and gay, To bail the glories of the new-born day ; But now dejected,...the wind upon the water blow, And the cold stream curled onward, as the gale From the pine-hill blew harshly down the vale. Far to the left he saw the...
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The works of ... George Crabbe, Volume 6

George Crabbe - 1820 - 238 pages
...appear'd the maid, By his sad looks in her approach dismay'd ; Such timid sweetness, and so wrong' d, did more Than all her pleading tenderness before....the cold stream curl'd onward as the gale From the pine-hill blew harshly down the dale ; On the right side the youth a wood survey'd, With all its dark...
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The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: In Eight Volumes, Volume 7

George Crabbe - 1823 - 232 pages
...approach dismay'd; Such timid sweetness, and so wrong'd, did more Than all her pleading tenderness before. In this weak moment—" Wilt thou," he began, " Be...the cold stream curl'd onward as the gale From the pine-hill blew harshly down the dale; On the right side the youth a wood survey'd, With all its dark...
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The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 5

George Crabbe - 1823 - 376 pages
...but the roar Of cannon would not strike his spirit more ; Ev'n as his lips the lawless contract seaTd He felt that conscience lost her seven-fold shield,...the cold stream curl'd onward as the gale From the pine-hill blew harshly down the dale.; On the right side the youth a wood survey'd, With all its dark...
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The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: In Five Volumes. Vol. I. [-V.].

George Crabbe - 1823 - 378 pages
...honour fled ; but still he spoke of love, And all was joy in the consenting dove. That evening all irf fond discourse was spent, When the sad lover to his...the wind upon the water blow, And the cold stream cuiTd onward as the gale From the pine-hill blew harshly down the dale ; On the right side the youth...
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The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: In Five Volumes. Vol. I. [-V.].

George Crabbe - 1823 - 370 pages
...many a sigh On the red light that fill'd the eastern sky ; Oft had he stood before, alert and gay, s To hail the glories of the new-born day : But now...the wind upon the water blow, And the cold stream curTd onward as the gaJe From the pine-hill blew harshly down the dale ; On the right side the youth...
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The British poets of the nineteenth century, including the select works of ...

British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...many a vigh On the red light that n I I'd the eastern «ky ; Oft had he stood before, alert and fp»y. ake, Voice of sweet song! Awake, my Heart, awake !...Cliffs, all join my Hymn. Thon first and chief, sole lln- cold stream curl'd onward .<, the gale From the pine - hill blew harshly down thr dale ; On the...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and ..., Volume 7

George Crabbe - 1834 - 326 pages
...here." And then, that instant, there appear'd the maid, By his sad looks in her approach dismay'd ; Such timid sweetness, and so wrong'd, did more Than...the cold stream curl'd onward as the gale From the pine-hill blew harshly down the dale ; On the right side the youth a wood survey'd, With all its dark...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: Tales of the hall

George Crabbe - 1834 - 322 pages
...eastern sky ; Oft had he stood before, alert and gay, To hail the glories of the new-born day : F 3 But now dejected, languid, listless, low, He saw the...the cold stream curl'd onward as the gale From the pine-hill blew harshly down the dale ; On the right side the youth a wood survey'd, With all its dark...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: Tales of the hall

George Crabbe - 1854 - 328 pages
...eastern sky ; Oft had he stood before, alert and gay, To hail the glories of the new-born day : But no* dejected, languid, listless, low, He saw the wind...the cold stream curl'd onward as the gale From the pine-hill blew harshly down the dale ; On the right side the youth a wood survey 'd, With all its dark...
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