Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
men
Men are but men; we did not make ourselves.
men lasts novelty
Old men love novelties; the last arriv'd Still pleases best; the youngest steals their smiles.
death tyrants portraits
Who can take Death's portrait? The tyrant never sat.
god joy inspire
A Deity believed, is joy begun; A Deity adored, is joy advanced; A Deity beloved, is joy matured. Each branch of piety delight inspires.
men race looks
Men should press forward, in fame's glorious chase; Nobles look backward, and so lose the race.
air psychology want
Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun.
ocean sleep water
In chambers deep, Where waters sleep, What unknown treasures pave the floor.
gold want bread
Groan under gold, yet weep for want of bread.
miracle satire mankind
What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind; And while it satisfies, it censures too.
fields next amusement
We cry for mercy to the next amusement, The next amusement mortgages our fields
men wife soul
Body and soul, like peevish man and wife, United jar, and yet are loth to part.
ungrateful guilt may
He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.
true-friend men doe
A foe to God ne'er was true friend to man, Some sinister intent taints all he does.
mad astronomers
An undevout astronomer is mad.