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PROCRASTINATION	A
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Love will expire the gay the happy dream	B
Will turn to scorn indiff'rence or esteem	B
Some favour'd pairs in this exchange are blest	C
Nor sigh for raptures in a state of rest	C
Others ill match'd with minds unpair'd repent	D
At once the deed and know no more content	D
From joy to anguish they in haste decline	E
And with their fondness their esteem resign	E
More luckless still their fate who are the prey	F
Of long protracted hope and dull delay	F
'Mid plans of bliss the heavy hours pass on	G
Till love is withered and till joy is gone	H
This gentle flame two youthful hearts possess'd	C
The sweet disturber of unenvied rest	C
The prudent Dinah was the maid beloved	I
And the kind Rupert was the swain approved	J
A wealthy Aunt her gentle niece sustain'd	K
He with a father at his desk remain'd	K
The youthful couple to their vows sincere	L
Thus loved expectant year succeeding year	L
With pleasant views and hopes but not a prospect	M
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near	L
Rupert some comfort in his station saw	N
But the poor virgin lived in dread and awe	O
Upon her anxious looks the widow smiled	P
And bade her wait 'for she was yet a child '	-
She for her neighbour had a due respect	M
Nor would his son encourage or reject	M
And thus the pair with expectation vain	Q
Beheld the seasons change and change again	R
Meantime the nymph her tender tales perused	S
Where cruel aunts impatient girls refused	S
While hers though teasing boasted to be kind	T
And she resenting to be all resign'd	T
The dame was sick and when the youth applied	U
For her consent she groan'd and cough'd and	V
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cried	U
Talk'd of departing and again her breath	W
Drew hard and cough'd and talk'd again of death	W
'Here may you live my Dinah here the boy	X
And you together my estate enjoy '	-
Thus to the lovers was her mind expressed	C
Till they forbore to urge the fond request	C
Servant and nurse and comforter and friend	Y
Dinah had still some duty to attend	Y
But yet their walk when Rupert's evening call	Z
Obtain'd an hour made sweet amends for all	Z
So long they now each other's thoughts had known	A2
That nothing seem'd exclusively their own	A2
But with the common wish the mutual fear	L
They now had travelled to their thirtieth year	L
At length a prospect open'd but alas	B2
Long time must yet before the union pass	B2
Rupert was call'd in other clime t'increase	C2
Another's wealth and toil for future peace	C2
Loth were the lovers but the aunt declared	D2
'Twas fortune's call and they must be prepar'd	D2
'You now are young and for this brief delay	F
And Dinah's care what I bequeath will pay	F
All will be yours nay love suppress that sigh	E2
The kind must suffer and the best must die '	-
Then came the cough and strong the signs it gave	F2
Of holding long contention with the grave	F2
The lovers parted with a gloomy view	G2
And little comfort but that both were true	G2
He for uncertain duties doom'd to steer	L
While hers remain'd too certain and severe	L
Letters arrived and Rupert fairly told	H2
'His cares were many and his hopes were cold	H2
The view more clouded that was never fair	I2
And love alone preserved him from despair '	-
In other letters brighter hopes he drew	G2
'His friends were kind and he believed them true '	-
When the sage widow Dinah's grief descried	H2
She wonder'd much why one so happy sigh'd	H2
Then bade her see how her poor aunt sustain'd	H2
The ills of life nor murmur'd nor complain'd	H2
To vary pleasures from the lady's chest	H2
Were drawn the pearly string and tabby vest	H2
Beads jewels laces all their value shown	A2
With the kind notice 'They will be your own '	-
This hope these comforts cherish'd day by day	H2
To Dinah's bosom made a gradual way	H2
Till love of treasure had as large a part	H2
As love of Rupert in the virgin's heart	H2
Whether it be that tender passions fail	J2
From their own nature while the strong prevail	J2
Or whether av'rice like the poison tree	K2
Kills all beside it and alone will be	K2
Whatever cause prevail'd the pleasure grew	G2
In Dinah's soul she loved the hoards to view	G2
With lively joy those comforts she survey'd	H2
And love grew languid in the careful maid	H2
Now the grave niece partook the widow's cares	L2
Look'd to the great and ruled the small affairs	L2
Saw clean'd the plate arranged the china show	M2
And felt her passion for a shilling grow	M2
Th' indulgent aunt increased the maid's delight	H2
By placing tokens of her wealth in sight	H2
She loved the value of her bonds to tell	N2
And spake of stocks and how they rose and fell	N2
This passion grew and gain'd at length such	O2
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sway	H2
That other passions shrank to make it way	H2
Romantic notions now the heart forsook	P2
She read but seldom and she changed her book	P2
And for the verses she was wont to send	H2
Short was her prose and she was Rupert's friend	H2
Seldom she wrote and then the widow's cough	Q2
And constant call excused her breaking off	R2
Who now oppressed no longer took the air	I2
But sat and dozed upon an easy chair	I2
The cautious doctor saw the case was clear	L
But judged it best to have companions near	L
They came they reason'd they prescribed at	H2
	-
last	H2
Like honest men they said their hopes were past	H2
Then came a priest 'tis comfort to reflect	H2
When all is over there was no neglect	H2
And all was over By her husband's bones	S2
The widow rests beneath the sculptured stones	S2
That yet record their fondness and their fame	T2
While all they left the virgin's care became	T2
Stock bonds and buildings it disturb'd her rest	H2
To think what load of troubles she possessed	H2
Yet if a trouble she resolved to take	U2
Th' important duty for the donor's sake	U2
She too was heiress to the widow's taste	H2
Her love of hoarding and her dread of waste	H2
Sometimes the past would on her mind intrude	H2
And then a conflict full of care ensued	H2
The thoughts of Rupert on her mind would press	V2
His worth she knew but doubted his success	V2
Of old she saw him heedless what the boy	X
Forebore to save the man would not enjoy	X
Oft had he lost the chance that care would seize	W2
Willing to live but more to live at ease	W2
Yet could she not a broken vow defend	H2
And Heav'n perhaps might yet enrich her friend	H2
Month after month was pass'd and all were spent	H2
In quiet comfort and in rich content	H2
Miseries there were and woes the world around	H2
But these had not her pleasant dwelling found	H2
She knew that mothers grieved and widows wept	H2
And she was sorry said her prayers and slept	H2
Thus passed the seasons and to Dinah's board	H2
Gave what the seasons to the rich afford	H2
For she indulged nor was her heart so small	Z
That one strong passion should engross it all	Z
A love of splendour now with av'rice strove	X2
And oft appeared to be the stronger love	Y2
A secret pleasure fill'd the Widow's breast	H2
When she reflected on the hoards possess'd	H2
But livelier joy inspired th' ambitious Maid	H2
When she the purchase of those hoards display'd	H2
In small but splendid room she loved to see	K2
That all was placed in view and harmony	K2
There as with eager glance she look'd around	H2
She much delight in every object found	H2
While books devout were near her to destroy	X
Should it arise an overflow of joy	X
Within that fair apartment guests might see	K2
The comforts cull'd for wealth by vanity	K2
Around the room an Indian paper blazed	H2
With lively tint and figures boldly raised	H2
Silky and soft upon the floor below	M2
Th' elastic carpet rose with crimson glow	M2
All things around implied both cost and care	I2
What met the eye was elegant or rare	I2
Some curious trifles round the room were laid	H2
By hope presented to the wealthy Maid	H2
Within a costly case of varnish'd wood	H2
In level rows her polish'd volumes stood	H2
Shown as a favour to a chosen few	G2
To prove what beauty for a book could do	G2
A silver urn with curious work was fraught	H2
A silver lamp from Grecian pattern wrought	H2
Above her head all gorgeous to behold	H2
A time piece stood on feet of burnish'd gold	H2
A stag's head crest adorn'd	H2

George Crabbe

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