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We see time's furrows on another's brow,
And death intrench'd, preparing his assault;
How few themselves in that just mirror see!
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The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art,
Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.
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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.
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Ah! what is human life?
How, like the dial's tardy-moving shade,
Day after day slides from us unperceiv'd!
The cunning fugitive is swift by stealth;
Too subtle is the movement to be seen;
Yet soon the hour is up—and we are gone.
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Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself
Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man!
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Be wise with speed;
A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
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The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave,
The deep damp vault, the darkness and the worm.
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Hot, envious, noisy, proud, the scribbling fry
Burn, hiss, and bounce, waste paper, stink, and die.
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Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himself
That hideous sight,—a naked human heart.
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They that on glorious ancestors enlarge,
Produce their debt instead of their discharge.
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Titles are marks of honest men, and wise;
The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
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Death! Great proprietor of all! 'Tis thine
To tread out empire, and to quench the stars.
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Where Nature's end of language is declin'd,
And men talk only to conceal the mind.
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While man is growing, life is in decrease;
And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb.
Our birth is nothing but our death begun.
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Souls made of fire, and children of the sun,
With whom revenge is virtue.
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One to destroy, is murder by the law;
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
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Tis immortality, 'tis that alone, Amid life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill. That only, and that amply this performs.
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It calls Devotion! genuine growth of night! Devotion! Daughter of Astronomy! An undevout astronomer is mad!
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He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.
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But love, like wine, gives a tumultuous bliss, Heighten'd indeed beyond all mortal pleasures; But mingles pangs and madness in the bowl.
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What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind; And while it satisfies, it censures too.
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Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, "that my heart has bled."
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Fond man! the vision of a moment made! Dream of a dream! and shadow of a shade!
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How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, how complicate, how wonderful is man! Distinguished link in being's endless chain! Midway from nothing to the Deity! Dim miniature of greatness absolute! An heir of glory! A frail child of dust! Helpless immortal! Insect infinite! A worm! A God!
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Age should fly concourse, cover in retreat defects of judgment, and the will subdue; walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore of that vast ocean it must sail so soon.
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Edward Young
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Born:
1683
Died:
April 5, 1765
(aged 82)
Bio:
Edward Young was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts.
Known for:
Night-Thoughts (1710)
Conjectures on original composition
One of Our Submarines
The revenge (1764)
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