Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
men long littles
Man wants little, nor that little long.
design care comfort
Life's cares are comforts; such by Heav'n design'd; He that hath none must make them, or be wretched.
men hypocrisy veins
A man I knew who lived upon a smile, And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair, While rankest venom foam'd through every vein.
land guilt levity
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
men guilt lasts
Let no man trust the first false step of guilt; it hangs upon a precipice, whose steep descent in last perdition ends.
men good-man guilt
Where, where for shelter shall the guilty fly, When consternation turns the good man pale?
heaven doom
Heaven wills our happiness, allows our doom.
powerful ambition source
Ambition! powerful source of good and ill!
pain pleasure
To frown at pleasure, and to smile in pain.
men he-man blushing
The man that blushes is not quite a brute.
ocean tempest feathers
Ocean into tempest wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly.
angel purpose deeds
Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.
society ruins finals
Final Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation.
pain heaven despair
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.