Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
honesty men life-and-death
The man who consecrates his hours by vigorous effort, and an honest aim, at once he draws the sting of life and Death; he walks with nature; and her paths are peace.
death men thinking
All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.
death dying majesty
Virtue alone has majesty in death.
death fear angel
An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.
life sympathy death
Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.
death fire dying
Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.
life fear-of-death fears-of-life
Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
heart bed death-bed
A death-bed's a detector of the heart.
death stars empires
Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire, and to quench the stars.
death tyrants portraits
Who can take Death's portrait? The tyrant never sat.
birth death
Our birth is nothing but our death begun.
man nor wants
Man wants but little; nor that little, long
love tides pity
Pity swells the tide of love.
love blow shining
Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow.