Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
passion weight judgment
Horace appears in good humor while he censures, and therefore his censure has the more weight, as supposed to proceed from judgment and not from passion.
men sky soul
The soul of man was made to walk the skies.
men advice influence
There is nothing of which men are more liberal than their good advice, be their stock of it ever so small; because it seems to carry in it an intimation of their own influence, importance or worth.
men unjust injustice
Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man!
sweet sleep tired
Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where fortune smiles; the wretched he forsakes.
wise past heaven
'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven.
running reflection soul
A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.
sky goal literature
Too low they build who build below the skies.
blessing literature flight
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
due example examples favor inspection intimidate judgment lessen prejudice prevent
Illustrious examples engross, prejudice, and intimidate. They engross our attention, and so prevent a due inspection of ourselves; they prejudice our judgment in favor of their abilities, and so lessen the sense of our own; and they intimidate us with the
accept dull instead lines miracle pencil wit
Accept a miracle instead of wit and see two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ.
men themselves
All men think all men mortal, but themselves
believes half
By night an atheist half believes in a God.
english-poet learning mortals shows
Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.