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George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 3 (of 3)

Chapter 139: Tale X.
By George Crabbe
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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.

Tale X.

l. 5: Adieu, thou noble Pile, I kiss the sacred Ground. (D.) 

instead of ll. 24–5:

So to her Chaplain she the one commends,
And to the sick the village doctor sends.

instead of l. 27:

And keeps the antient Credit of the Hall.

after l. 64:

And loves the Part unseen from what is now in sight. (D.) 

after l. 66:

Is not the idle Scheme of a projecting Hand. (D.) 

instead of ll. 80–4:

This is the Spring; then Summer comes in pride, }
Pure, silent streams, here hid and there discried, }
Feed the unnumbered fry, that there glide; }
Then steals th’ Autumnal Prospect o’er the Leaf. (D.) 

instead of l. 84:

Then steals th’ Autumnal Prospect o’er the Leaf.

l. 105. for behold read survey. (D.) 

l. 106: That Seat so honour’d, honour’d in decay. (D.)