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CONCLUDING LINES OF PRIZE POEM ON HOPE by GEORGE CRABBE

Poet Analysis

First Line: BUT, ABOVE ALL, THE POET OWNS THY POWERS
Last Line: TO WIN THE LAUREL, AND POSSESS THE PRIZE.
Subject(s): HOPE; OPTIMISM;

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.



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