Crabbe, George, 1754-1832 / 2008-07-20 00:00:00
EBOOK, TALES ***
Transcribed by Mark Sherwood, e-mail: mark.sherwood@btinternet.com
"TALES", by GEORGE CRABBE (1754-1832) {1}
TALE I.
THE DUMB ORATORS; OR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY.
With fair round belly, with good capon lined,
With eyes severe -
Full of wise saws and modern instances.
SHAKESPEARE, As You Like It.
Deep shame hath struck me dumb.
King John.
He gives the bastinado with his tongue;
Our ears are cudgell'd.
King John.
. . . . . . . Let's kill all the lawyers;
Now show yourselves men; 'tis for liberty:
We will not leave one lord or gentleman.
2 Henry VI.
And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.
Twelfth Night.
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That all men would be cowards if they dare,
Some men we know have courage to declare;
And this the life of many a hero shows,
That, like the tide, man's courage ebbs and flows:
With friends and gay companions round them, then
Men boldly speak and have the hearts of men;
Who, with opponents seated miss the aid
Of kind applauding looks, and grow afraid;
Like timid travelers in the night, they fear
Th' assault of foes, when not a friend is near.
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