Crabbe, GEORGE

1754-1832. English poet, who in homely but powerful style described the tragedy of life among the lowly. He was patronized by Burke, and ordained 1782. The Library, 1781; The Village, 1783. His chief works were much later: The Parish Register, 1807; The Borough, 1810; Tales, 1812; and, Tales of the Hall, 1819. Byron called him "Nature's sternest painter, yet the best." IMG:content-1013.jpg:[ocr errors] IMG:content-1014.jpg:[blocks in formation]