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Midway from Nothing to the Deity!

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Midway
Deity
Deities
Evolution
Science
Nothing

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And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?
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Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.
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On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows.
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A God alone can comprehend a God.
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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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