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Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
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Shining
Blow
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Death
Love
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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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How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
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Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
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Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves. Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound When cut by wit, it casts a brighter beam Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still.
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Accept a miracle, instead of wit See two dull lines, with Stanhope's pencil writ.
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They most the world enjoy who least admire.
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Old men love novelties the last arriv'd Still pleases best the youngest steals their smiles.
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Angels are men of a superior kind Angels are men in lighter habit clad.
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