Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
beneath build english-poet stars
Those who build beneath the stars build too low.
stars night men
As night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.
stars night men
Affliction is the good man's shining scene; prosperity conceals his brightest ray; as night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.
stars night mines
Mine is the night, with all her stars.
death stars empires
Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire, and to quench the stars.
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.