Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
motivation men may
And all may do what has by man been done.
wisdom clouds may
The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.
men may fool
Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
may pay bed
Youth is not rich in time; it may be poor; Part with it as with money, sparing; pay No moment but in purchase of its worth, And what it's worth, ask death-beds; they can tell.
ungrateful guilt may
He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.
bed kingdoms luxury soft
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
birth death
Our birth is nothing but our death begun.
instinct reason slow swift
Reason is progressive; instinct is complete; swift instinct leaps; slow reason feebly climbs.
man nor wants
Man wants but little; nor that little, long
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 idlers
Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.
beneath
Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.
heart sting within
To ""leave a sting within a brother's heart
love tides pity
Pity swells the tide of love.