Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
stars night men
As night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.
sweet reason instinct
Sweet instinct leaps; slow reason feebly climbs.
life fate men
The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.
fall men pyramids
Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall.
nature left
Take God from nature, nothing great is left.
time mirrors assault
We see time's furrows on another's brow, And death intrench'd, preparing his assault; How few themselves in that just mirror see!
night world majesty
Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
time loss bells
The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss.
friendship
And friend received with thumps upon the back.
believe wish belief
What ardently we wish, we soon believe.
strong wine lost-friendship
Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure.
inspirational sweet flow
On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows.
character men he-man
The man that makes a character, makes foes.
wish employment worst
Wishing of all employments is the worst