The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe with his letters and journals, and his life, by his son. In eight volumes |
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This would she try,—intent on this alone,
She could assume a calm and settled tone:
She spake with firmness,—“I will Robert see,
“Know what he wishes, and what I must be;”
For James had now discover'd to the maid
His inmost heart, and how he must be paid,
If he his lord would soften, and would hide
The facts that must the culprit's fate decide.
“Go not,” he said,—for she her full intent
Proclaim'd—To go she purposed, and she went:
She took a guide, and went with purpose stern
The secret wishes of her friend to learn.
She could assume a calm and settled tone:
She spake with firmness,—“I will Robert see,
“Know what he wishes, and what I must be;”
For James had now discover'd to the maid
His inmost heart, and how he must be paid,
If he his lord would soften, and would hide
The facts that must the culprit's fate decide.
“Go not,” he said,—for she her full intent
Proclaim'd—To go she purposed, and she went:
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The secret wishes of her friend to learn.
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