Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, "th... by Edward Young

Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, "that my heart has bled."

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How blessings brighten as they take their flight. by Edward Young

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

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Too low they build who build below the skies. by Edward Young

Too low they build who build below the skies.

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Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, nev... by Edward Young

Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, never can be rich.

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Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, wa... by Edward Young

Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.

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A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to rui... by Edward Young

A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

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'T is impious in a good man to be sad. by Edward Young

'T is impious in a good man to be sad.

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How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!... Midway from nothing to the Deity!

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We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies? by Edward Young

We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?

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Fond man! the vision of a moment made! Dream of a dream! and shad... by Edward Young

Fond man! the vision of a moment made! Dream of a dream! and shadow of a shade!

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The qualities all in a bee that we meet, In an epigram never should fail; The body should always be little and sweet, And a sting should be felt in its tail.

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A death-bed's a detector of the heart. by Edward Young

A death-bed's a detector of the heart.

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How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, how complicate, how wonderful is man! Distinguished link in being's endless chain! Midway from nothing to the Deity! Dim miniature of greatness absolute! An heir of glory! A frail child of dust! Helpless immortal! Insect infinite! A worm! A God!

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The course of Nature is the art of God by Edward Young

The course of Nature is the art of God

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Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, "That all men... by Edward Young

Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, "That all men are about to live."

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Our birth is nothing but our death begun; As tapers waste, that i... by Edward Young

Our birth is nothing but our death begun; As tapers waste, that instant they take fire.

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Mine is the night, with all her stars. by Edward Young

Mine is the night, with all her stars.

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Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag... by Edward Young

Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag the load of life!

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Where boasting ends, there dignity begins. by Edward Young

Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.

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The booby father craves a booby son, And by Heaven's blessing thi... by Edward Young

The booby father craves a booby son, And by Heaven's blessing thinks himself undone.

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Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a b... by Edward Young

Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?.

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