Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
ocean tempest feathers
Ocean into tempest wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly.
ocean sleep water
In chambers deep, Where waters sleep, What unknown treasures pave the floor.
gold want bread
Groan under gold, yet weep for want of bread.
miracle satire mankind
What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind; And while it satisfies, it censures too.
fields next amusement
We cry for mercy to the next amusement, The next amusement mortgages our fields
men wife soul
Body and soul, like peevish man and wife, United jar, and yet are loth to part.
ungrateful guilt may
He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.
men sky soul
The soul of man was made to walk the skies.
sea safety miracle
The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.
beautiful sweet gay
Beautiful as sweet, And young as beautiful, and soft as young, And gay as soft, and innocent as gay!
men dust long
Man wants but little, nor that little long; How soon must he resign his very dust, Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!
nature left
Take God from nature, nothing great is left.
nature progress delight
Nature delights in progress; in advance.
time thrown
Time elaborately thrown away.