Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM AN EPISTLE TO MIRA, by GEORGE CRABBE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of substance I've thought, and the varied disputes Last Line: And left but a mere caput mortuum behind. | ||||||||
OF substance I've thought, and the varied disputes On the nature of man and the notions of brutes; Of systems confuted, and systems explain'd, Of science disputed, and tenets maintain'd ... These, and such speculations on these kind of things, Have robb'd my poor Muse of her plume and her wings; Consumed the phlogiston you used to admire, The spirit extracted, extinguish'd the fire; Let out all the ether, so pure and refined, And left but a mere caput mortuum behind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...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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