Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
gold pearls necks
What tender force, what dignity divine, what virtue consecrating every feature; around that neck what dross are gold and pearl!
men hypocrisy veins
A man I knew who lived upon a smile, And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair, While rankest venom foam'd through every vein.
beneath
Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.
english-poet idlers
Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.
english-poet less seems thou
Still seems it strange, that thou shouldst live forever? Is it less strange, that thou shouldst live at all? This is a miracle; and that no more.
english-poet learning mortals shows
Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.