Poem by George Crabbe

Concluding Lines of Prize Poem on Hope

[Before October, 1772.]

* * * * * * * * * * * * *
But, above all, the POET owns thy powers--
Hope leads him on, and every fear devours;
He writes, and, unsuccessful, writes again,
Nor thinks the last laborious work in vain;
New schemes he forms, and various plots he tries
To win the laurel, and possess the PRIZE.

1. Mira
2. Parody on [Byrom's] “My Time, Oh Ye Muses”
3. The Learning of Love
4. Ye Gentle Gales
5. The Wish

Print

1839 Views

Last Poems

To Russian version