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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Dedication
Legs
Book
Wooden

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One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
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Wonder is involuntary praise.
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A friend is worth all hazards we can run.
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Whose yesterdays look backwards with a smile.
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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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What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind And while it satisfies, it censures too.
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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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Old men love novelties the last arriv'd Still pleases best the youngest steals their smiles.
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Man maketh a death which Nature never made.
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Think naught a trifle, though it small appear Small stands the mountain, moments make the year, and trifles life.
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Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.
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O! lost to virtue, lost to manly thought, Lost to the noble sallies of the soul! Who think it solitude to be alone.
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Angels are men of a superior kind Angels are men in lighter habit clad.
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Give me, indulgent gods with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene, No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur, there.
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Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . Less base the fear of death than fear of life. O Britain! infamous for suicide.
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The purpose firm is equal to the deed
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Ne'er to meet, or ne'er to part, is peace.
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An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave legions of angels can't confine me there.
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Unlearned men of books assume the care, As eunuchs are the guardians of the fair.
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What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
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