...Where other cares than thofe the mufe relates, And other ihepherds dwell with other mates; By fuch examples taught, I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not.* The fterility of the foil in the neighbourhood of Mr. Crabbe's village is beautifully defcribed. '...

...Where other cares than thnfe the mufe relate.-, And other Ihepherds dwell with other mates; By fuch examples taught, I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not.' The flerility of the foil in the neighbourhood of Mr. Crabbe's village is beautifully defcribed. '...

...the place, And see the mid-day sun, with fervid ray, On their bare heads and dewy temples play : 4 While some, with feebler hands and fainter hearts,...paint it, and as bards will not : Nor you, ye poor, of letter' d scorn complain, To you the smoothest song is smooth in vain; O'ercome by labour and bow'd...

...pride ? No ; cast by Fortune on a frowning coast, Which neither groves nor happy vallies boast ; WTiere other cares than those the Muse relates, And other...mates ; By such examples taught, I paint the cot, As train' will paint it, and as bards will not : ^^, —«„'•*" "..-••"'*.. --V — ---*--- •*...

...knew their pains.— Then shall I dare these real ills to hide In tinsel trappings of poetic pride ? By such examples taught, I paint the cot As Truth will paint it, and as bards will not — From these extracts, as well as from the constant tenor of his writings, it is clear that Mr. Crabbe...

...trappings of poetic pride ? No; cast by Fortune on a frowning coast, Which neither groreg nor happy valleys boast; Where other cares than those the Muse relates,...Cot, As Truth will paint it and as Bards will not : For you, ye Poor, of letterM scorn complaiu, To you the smoothest song is smooth in vain ; O'ercchne...

...for February, 1816. — CAST by Fortune on a frowning coast, Which neither groves nor happy val lies boast ; Where other cares than those the muse relates,...cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not. c 4 87 Nor you, ye poor, of letter'd scorn complain, To you the smoothest song is smooth in vain ;...

...nearly as follows : No ; cut by Fortune on a frowning coast, Which neither groves nor happy valleys conformity, expressed in a succeeding clause, which...majesties wisdom, who foreseeing the inconvenience, long is smooth in vain ; O'ercome by labour and bow'd down by time. Feel you the barren flattery of...

...trappings of poetic pride ? No; cast by Fortune on a frowning coast, Which neither groves nor happy valleys boast; Where other cares than those the Muse relates,...Cot, As Truth will paint it, and as Bards will not: For you, ye poor, of letter'd scorn complain, To you the smoothest song is smooth in vain; O'ercome...

...of poetic pride ? No ; cast by Fortune on a frowning coast, Which neither groves nor happy valleys boast ; Where other cares than those the Muse relates,...Cot, As Truth will paint it, and as Bards will not : For you, ye poor, of letter'd scorn complain, To you the smoothest song is smooth in vain ; O'ercome...