EDWARD YOUNG


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An undevout astronomer is mad.
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.
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Born Originals, how comes it to pass that we die Copies?
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Groan under gold, yet weep for want of bread.
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Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
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They build too low who build beneath the skies.
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Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue.
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A strange alternative * * *Must women have a doctor or a dance?
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Time destroyed Is suicide, where more than blood is spilt.
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There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.
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Edward Young
  • Born: July 3, 1683
  • Died: April 5, 1765
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet
Biography

Edward Young was an English poet, critic, philosopher and theologian, best remembered for Night-Thoughts.

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