George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 3 (of 3)

Chapter 131: Book XX.

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The volume gathers later narrative and miscellaneous poems, presenting a sequence of Tales of the Hall followed by posthumous pieces and shorter lyrics. An editor’s preface and textual notes outline manuscript sources and variant readings. The poems offer realistic portraits of rural and domestic life, closely observed scenes, and moral reflection on passions such as pride, grief, revenge, and belated refinement, delivered through narrative sketches and reflective commentary. Tone alternates between anecdotal storytelling, satirical observation, and sober moralizing.

Book XX.

Instead of ll. 54–5:

“To take my way, break in on no one’s plan,

Filling a pause—‘the poor disorder’d man!’” (O.M.)

POSTHUMOUS TALES. Variants in Crabbe MSS. in the possession of the Cambridge University Press.

Variants in Crabbe MSS. in the possession of Professor Edward Dowden. These are distinguished as ‘D.’

‘Original MS.’ readings given as footnotes in Life and Poems (1834). These are distinguished as ‘O.M.’