"Unpolish" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... indite. For Lucy Collins happier days had been, Had Footman Daniel scorn'd his native green, Or when he came an idle coxcomb down, Had he his love reserved for lass in town; To Stephen Hill she then had pledged her truth, - A sturdy, sober, kind, unpolish'd youth: But from the day, that fatal day she spied The pride of Daniel, Daniel was her pride. In all concerns was Stephen just and true; But coarse his doublet was and patch'd in view, And felt his stockings were, and blacker than his shoe; While Daniel's linen all was fine and fair, ...
— The Parish Register • George Crabbe |
