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Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Today
Satire
Weakness
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Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
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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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Time destroyed Is suicide, where more than blood is spilt.
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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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There buds the promise of celestial worth.
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The man who builds, and wants wherewith to pay, Provides a home from which to run away.
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By all means use some time to be alone.
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Groan under gold, yet weep for want of bread.
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The man of wisdom is the man of years.
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What tender force, what dignity divine, what virtue consecrating every feature around that neck what dross are gold and pearl!
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Old men love novelties the last arriv'd Still pleases best the youngest steals their smiles.
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A dedication is a wooden leg.
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Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines.
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A Christian is the highest style of man.
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There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.
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Wishing of all employments is the worst
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A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.
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Accept a miracle, instead of wit See two dull lines, with Stanhope's pencil writ.
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Man maketh a death which Nature never made.
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Youth is not rich in time it may be poor Part with it as with money, sparing pay No moment but in purchase of its worth, And what it's worth, ask death-beds they can tell.
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