Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
men advice influence
There is nothing of which men are more liberal than their good advice, be their stock of it ever so small; because it seems to carry in it an intimation of their own influence, importance or worth.
men unjust injustice
Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man!
sweet sleep tired
Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where fortune smiles; the wretched he forsakes.
wise past heaven
'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven.
running reflection soul
A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.
sky goal literature
Too low they build who build below the skies.
blessing literature flight
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
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.
catch cold gets sit winter worth
Get up in the morning, catch the bus- you have to sit out there and wait. Then in the winter time, it gets cold and sit out there. It's not worth it in the end.
alone fall last monuments shall virtue
Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall
heart sting within
To ""leave a sting within a brother's heart
love tides pity
Pity swells the tide of love.