Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
morning heaven dew
Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.
prayer heaven ardent
Prayer ardent opens heaven.
prayer heaven path
Praise, more divine than prayer; prayer points our ready path to heaven; praise is already there.
procrastination men heaven
Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform and mortal men lay hold on heaven.
heaven doom
Heaven wills our happiness, allows our doom.
pain heaven despair
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
heart sight heaven
Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himselfThat hideous sight,-a naked human heart.
wise past heaven
'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven.
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.
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
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.