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.
eye heaven
One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
wise past heaven
'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven.
began believe chance courage develop fast fill gave glow happiness kinds limited looked mind placed rid tangled treating tried truths tune warm zeal
I had looked for happiness in fast living, but it was not there. I tried to find it in money, but it was not there either. But when I placed myself in tune with what I believe to be the fundamental truths of life, when I began to develop my limited ability, to rid my mind of all kinds of tangled thoughts, and fill it with zeal and courage and love, when I gave myself a chance by treating myself decently and sensibly, I began to feel the stimulating, warm glow of happiness.
song lying dust
Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour? What tho' we wade in Wealth, or soar in Fame? Earth's highest station ends in 'Here he lies;' and 'Dust to dust' concludes the noblest songs.
men conscience
The soft whispers of the God in man.
wise lying skills
A dearth of words a woman need not fear; But 'tis a task indeed to learn to hear: In that the skill of conversation lies; That shows and makes you both polite and wise.
men caught cruelty
Inhumanity is caught from man, From smiling man.