Poems List
A God all mercy is a God unjust.
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All men think all men mortal but themselves.
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An undevout astronomer is mad.
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At thirty a man suspects himself a fool;
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At thirty, a man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves, and re-resolves; then dies the same.
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Be wise today; ’tis madness to defer.
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Be wise with speed;
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Be wise with speed; A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
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Born Originals , how comes it to pass that we die Copies ?
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By night an atheist half believes a God.
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Edward Young was an English poet and literary critic, best known for his ambitious blank verse poem 'The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality,' commonly known as 'Night-Thoughts.' Born in Upham, Hampshire, he was educated at Winchester College and All Souls College, Oxford, where he became a fellow. He pursued a career in the church, eventually becoming rector of Welwyn in Hertfordshire. While Young wrote several other works, including satires and tragedies, 'Night-Thoughts' was his most influential and popular work, profoundly shaping the themes and style of the 'graveyard school' of poetry and influencing European Romanticism. His life was characterized by literary pursuits and clerical duties. He died in 1765 in Welwyn.