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Born in June 1, 1683 / Died in April 5, 1765 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Edward Young

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Ocean: An Ode. Concluding With A Wish.

... Now, stunn'd, it reels 'Midst thunder's peals ...

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A Poem On The Last Day - Book III

... Thus the chaste bridegroom, when the priest draws nigh, ...

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Sleep

... Where fortune smiles: the wretched he forsakes, ...

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Socrates

... And form their manners, not inflame their pride ...

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The Complaint: or Night Thoughts (excerpt)

...   The thing they can't but purpose, they postpone ...

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A Poem On The Last Day - Book II

... angels join, While such the theme, their sacred songs with mine ...

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Penitence

... Great God! Greater than greatest! better than the best! ...

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A Poem On The Last Day - Book I

... There, valleys fraught with gold's resplendent seeds, ...

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The wind from the West

...   Still shake with delight, ...

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To The Right Hon. Mr. Dodington

...   Though bold these truths, thou, Muse, with truths like these, ...

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Love of Fame, The Universal Passion (excerpt)

...   True, she can't stand, but she can dance all night: ...

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The Complaint: or Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality

... 1.409The thing they can't but purpose, they postpone ...

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The Last Day

... 1.73When scenes are chang'd on this revolving Earth,1 ...

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Love of Fame, The Universal Passion

... 1.184True, she can't stand, but she can dance all night:1 ...