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Poem by George Crabbe


A Song


[September, 1772.]

I.

As Chloe fair, a new-made bride,
   Sat knotting in an arbour,
To Colin now the damsel ty'd,
   No strange affection harbour.

II.

"How poor," says [she, "'s a] single life,
   A maid's affected carriage;
Spent in sighs and inward strife,
   Things unknown in marriage.

III.

"Virgins vainly say they're free,
   None so much confin'd are;
Lovers kind and good may be,
   Husbands may be kinder.

IV.

"Then shun not wedlock's happy chain,
   Nor wantonly still fly man;
A single life is care and pain,
   Blessings wait on Hymen."

   G. EBBARE.



George Crabbe


George Crabbe's other poems:
  1. To a Lady, on Leaving Her at Sidmouth
  2. Despair
  3. On the Death of William Springall Levett
  4. Lines Written at Warwick
  5. Concluding Lines of Prize Poem on Hope


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • William Davenant A Song ("O thou that sleep'st like pig in straw")
  • Robert Binyon A Song ("For Mercy, Courage, Kindness, Mirth")
  • Mark Akenside A Song ("The Shape alone let others prize")
  • Richard Crashaw A Song ("Lord, when the sense of thy sweet grace")
  • Edwin Arnold A Song ("Once — and only once — you gave")
  • Eleanor Farjeon A Song ("It means so little to you")
  • Oliver Holmes A Song ("WHEN the Puritans came over")
  • Lizette Reese A Song ("Oh, Love, he went a-straying")
  • Helen Williams A Song ("No riches from his scanty store")
  • Alfred Douglas A Song ("Steal from the meadows, rob the tall green hills")
  • Barcroft Boake A Song ("I've a kiss from a warmer lover")

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