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There buds the promise of celestial worth.
Edward Young
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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
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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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But fate ordains that dearest friends must part.
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Angels are men of a superior kind Angels are men in lighter habit clad.
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Affliction is the good man's shining scene prosperity conceals his brightest ray as night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.
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Accept a miracle, instead of wit See two dull lines, with Stanhope's pencil writ.
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What ardently we wish, we soon believe.
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And friend received with thumps upon the back.
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