Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
strong joy guilt
Joys season'd high, and tasting strong of guilt.
nature conscious
Nothing in Nature, much less conscious being, Was e'er created solely for itself.
shadow shade fame
Fame is the shade of immortality, And in itself a shadow. Soon as caught, Contemn'd; it shrinks to nothing in the grasp.
abundance poor discontent
Poor in abundance, famish'd at a feast.
spirit deceased walks
The spirit walks of every day deceased.
envy fame proportion
With fame, in just proportion, envy grows.
dirty path life-is
[The] public path of life Is dirty.
book dedication legs
A dedication is a wooden leg.
soldier maids bombs
Of boasting more than of a bomb afraid, A soldier should be modest as a maid.
pain soul comfort
Tis immortality, 'tis that alone, Amid life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill. That only, and that amply this performs.
god
A God alone can comprehend a God.
made fortune indebted
A prince indebted is a fortune made.
damn hereafter
Live now; be damn'd hereafter.
years months life-is
Day buries day; month, month; and year the year: Our life is but a chain of many deaths.