George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 3 (of 3)

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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.

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(Aldborough, October, 1823.)

Thus once again, my native place, I come
Thee to salute—my earliest, latest home.
Much are we alter’d both, but I behold
In thee a youth renew’d—whilst I am old.
The works of man from dying we may save;
But man himself moves onward to the grave.