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George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 3 (of 3)

Chapter 144: Tale XV.
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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 XV.

Instead of l. 21:

Who will Belinda wed? it seems, must Chance decide.

after l. 30:

The Butcher brought it, ’tis the Butcher’s Care;
’Tis cooked below, but how she cannot tell;
Above ’tis eaten, and so all is well. (D.) 

after l. 33:

For some are born to eat what some are born to earn. (D.) 

l. 45: for her critic’s indolence read that springs from Indolence.

after l. 64:

Not yet from Scotland came the yearly set
That put all Europe in the Author’s Debt.

instead of ll. 100–1:

She wonders why the Butcher brings his Bill;
She wonders why a Tradesman will not trust.

l. 108: for fretted read petted.

l. 111:

That she shall faint and die; she faints but never dies.

after l. 131:

Who for no venturous Deed the Praise assumes,
But bills and coos and smooths her shining Plumes. (D.)