Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
shadow shade fame
Fame is the shade of immortality, And in itself a shadow. Soon as caught, Contemn'd; it shrinks to nothing in the grasp.
abundance poor discontent
Poor in abundance, famish'd at a feast.
spirit deceased walks
The spirit walks of every day deceased.
envy fame proportion
With fame, in just proportion, envy grows.
dirty path life-is
[The] public path of life Is dirty.
book dedication legs
A dedication is a wooden leg.
soldier maids bombs
Of boasting more than of a bomb afraid, A soldier should be modest as a maid.
pain soul comfort
Tis immortality, 'tis that alone, Amid life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill. That only, and that amply this performs.
made fortune indebted
A prince indebted is a fortune made.
damn hereafter
Live now; be damn'd hereafter.
years months life-is
Day buries day; month, month; and year the year: Our life is but a chain of many deaths.
taken heart eye
Not all the pride of beauty; Those eyes, that tell us what the sun is made of; Those lips, whose touch is to be bought with life; Those hills of driven snow, which seen are felt: All these possessed are nought, but as they are The proof, the substance of an inward passion, And the rich plunder of a taken heart.
blood knives tears
The blood will follow where the knife is driven, The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear.
men
Men are but men; we did not make ourselves.