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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF SHELBURNE, by GEORGE CRABBE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ah! Shelburne, blest with all that's good or great Last Line: And yields her shelburne to distress and me! -- Subject(s): Petty, William. 2d Earl Of Shelburne | |||
AH! SHELBURNE, blest with all that's good or great, T' adorn a rich, or save a sinking state, If public Ills engross not all thy care, Let private Woe assail a patriot's ear, Pity confined, but not less warm, impart, And unresisted win thy noble heart: Nor deem I rob thy soul of Britain's share, Because I hope to have some interest there; Still wilt thou shine on all a fostering sun, Though with more fav'ring beams enlight'ning one, -- As Heaven will oft make some more amply blest, Yet still in general bounty feeds the rest. Oh hear the Virtue thou reverest plead; She'll swell thy breast, and there applaud the deed. She bids thy thoughts one hour from greatness stray, And leads thee on to fame a shorter way; Where, if no withering laurel's thy reward, There's shouting Conscience, and a grateful Bard; A bard untrained in all but misery's school, Who never bribed a knave or praised a fool; -- 'Tis Glory prompts, and as thou read'st attend, She dictates pity, and becomes my friend; She bids each cold and dull reflection flee, And yields her Shelburne to distress and me! -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOROUGH: LETTER 22. POOR OF THE BOROUGH. PETER GRIMES by GEORGE CRABBE A HUMBLE INVOCATION by GEORGE CRABBE A MARRIAGE RING by GEORGE CRABBE A WEARY TRAVELLER by GEORGE CRABBE AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND by GEORGE CRABBE BELVOIR CASTLE; WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF DUCHESS OF RUTLAND by GEORGE CRABBE CONCLUDING LINES OF PRIZE POEM ON HOPE by GEORGE CRABBE EPISTLE TO PRINCE WILLIAM HENRY by GEORGE CRABBE |
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