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Procrastination is the thief of time:
Year after year it steals, till all are fled,
And to the mercies of a moment leaves
The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
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Think naught a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
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Day buries day; month, month; and year the year: Our life is but a chain of many deaths.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Edward Young
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Born:
1683
Died:
April 5, 1765
(aged 82)
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