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Praise, more divine than prayer prayer points our ready path to heaven praise is already there.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
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Upham
Hampshire
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Prayer
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We nothing know, but what is marvellous Yet what is marvellous, we can't believe.
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Final Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation.
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Read nature nature is a friend to truth.
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What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind And while it satisfies, it censures too.
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Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, that my heart has bled.
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The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.
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Time destroyed Is suicide, where more than blood is spilt.
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Like our shadows, our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
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When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
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The man who consecrates his hours by vigorous effort, and an honest aim, at once he draws the sting of life and Death he walks with nature and her paths are peace.
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Age should fly concourse, cover in retreat defects of judgment, and the will subdue walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore of that vast ocean it must sail so soon.
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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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