Poems List
One to destroy, is murder by the law;
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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Our birth is nothing but our death begun.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
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Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
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The love of praise, howe’er conceal’d by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev’ry heart.
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The man that blushes is not quite a brute.
The man that makes a character makes foes.
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Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; / Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, / And trifles life.
Tired nature’s sweet restorer, balmy sleep!
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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.