Lives but t' entreat, implore, resent, accuse ; Jealous and tender, conscious of defects, She merits little, and yet much expects ; She looks for love that now she cannot see, And sighs for joy that never more can be ; On his retirements her complaints... The Works - Page 192by George Crabbe - 1823Full view - About this book
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...pnir Fii'd with fair fortune in a mansion lair. Tat years had paas'd, and what was Henry . then? Tbt most repining of repenting men ; With a fond, teasing,...anxious wife, afraid OF all attention to another paid : Irt powerless ihe her husband to amuse, UTCI bat t entreat, implore, resent, accuse : Jealous and... | |
| George Crabbe - 1829 - 348 pages
...past, and what was Heury then? The most repining of repenting men ; Willi a fond, leasing, anxions wife, afraid Of all attention to another paid ; Yet powerless she her hushand to amuse, Lives hut l' entreat, implore, resent, aeeuse; Jealons and tender, eonseions of defeets,... | |
| George Combe - 1837 - 474 pages
...following picture, in Crabbe's Tales of ike Hall, is evidently drawn from nature: Five years had passed, and what was Henry then! The most repining of repenting men; With a fond, teaming, anxious wife, afraid Of all attention to another paid: Yet powerless she her husband to amuse,... | |
| George Crabbe - 1840 - 318 pages
...Took their short flights, and twitter'd on the lea ; And near the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blacken'd in the sickly sun ; All these...anxious wife, afraid Of all attention to another paid ; Vet powerless she her husband to amuse, Lives but t' entreat, implore, resent, accuse ; Jealous and... | |
| George Combe - 1840 - 134 pages
...picture, in Crabbe's Tale, of the Sail, is evidently drawn from nature : — Five vea« b»d passed, and what was Henry then ? The most repining of repenting men ; With 2 fond, teaitau, anxious wife, afraid Of all attention te another paid ; Yet powerless she her husband... | |
| George Combe - 1841 - 464 pages
...Tales of the Hall, is evidently drawn from nature: Five years had passed, and what was Henry thenl The most repining of repenting men; With a fond, teasing,...paid: Yet powerless she her husband to amuse, Lives hut t' entreat, implore, resent, accuse: Jealous and tender, conscious of defects, She merits little,... | |
| George Crabbe - 1843 - 322 pages
...Took their short flights, and twitter'd on the lea ; And near the bean-sheaf stood, the harvest done, And slowly blacken'd in the sickly sun ; All these...anxious wife, afraid Of all attention to another paid ; Vet powerless she her husband to amuse, Lives but t' entreat, implore, resent, accuse ; Jealous and... | |
| George Combe - 1860 - 446 pages
...picture, in the thirteenth book of Crabbe's Tales of the Hall, is evidently drawn from nature : — " Five years had pass'd, and what was Henry then ? The...anxious wife, afraid Of all attention to another paid : Tet powerless she her husband to amuse, Lives but t' entreat, implore, resent, accuse. Jealous and... | |
| George Crabbe - 1882 - 272 pages
...of his look, And of his mind — he ponder'd for a while, Then met his Fanny with a borrow'd smile. Five years had pass'd, and what was Henry then ? The...of defects, She merits little, and yet much expects ; On his retirements her complaints intrude, And fond reproof endears his solitude. While he her weakness... | |
| John William Kirton - 1882 - 316 pages
...Crabbe when he wrote the following graphic sketch : — " Five years had pass'd and what was Heury then ? The most repining of repenting men ; With a...attention to another paid : Yet powerless she her hnsband to amuse, Lives bnt t' entreat, implore, resent, accuse. Jealous and tender, conscious of defects,... | |
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