George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 3 (of 3)

Chapter 149: Tale 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.

Tale XX.

After l. 29:

“Suppose I err, yet still your Son has shewn
That he believes his Father’s Lands his own—
Not his in Strictness of the Law, but yet
By an implied and uncontracted Debt.

after l. 176:

“He who beheld thee in thy Closet—none

In Sight, in hearing—thou, it seemed, alone.

instead of ll. 183:

“Go to thy trial! me thou may’st believe,
Yet doubt of that; but me thou may’st deceive.
Him thou can’st not, and so may I with thee.