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Edward Young
June 1681 - 5 April 1765
Poetry Listing
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| Poem Title | First Lines | Period | # Lines | # Reads | | 1: A Letter To Mr. Tickell, | O long with me in Oxford groves confin'd, | | 138 | 17 | | 2: A Paraphrase On Part Of The Book Of Job.(25) | Thrice happy Job(26) long liv'd in regal state, | | 419 | 14 | | 3: an epistle to the right honourable sir robert walpole. | Though strength of genius, by experience taught, | | 166 | 16 | | 4: And Epistle To The Right Hon. George Lord Lansdowne. | When Rome, my lord, in her full glory shone, | | 543 | 11 | | 5: Epistles To Mr. Pope. Epistle I. | Whilst you at Twickenham plan the future wood, | | 311 | 9 | | 6: Epistles To Mr. Pope. Epistle II. From Oxford. | All write at London; shall the rage abate | | 247 | 17 | | 7: Epitaph | Whilst Britain boasts her empire o'er the deep, | | 10 | 10 | | 8: Epitaph At Welwyn, Hertfordshire. | If fond of what is rare, attend! | | 17 | 14 | | 9: Historical Epilogue To The Brothers. A Tragedy. | An Epilogue, through custom, is your right, | | 40 | 16 | | 10: Love Of Fame, The Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires. | My verse is satire; Dorset, lend your ear, | | 2732 | 22 | | 11: Love Of Fame, The Universal Passion. Satire I. To His Grace The Duke Of Dorset. | My verse is satire; Dorset, lend your ear, | | 280 | 29 | | 12: Love Of Fame, The Universal Passion. Satire II | My muse, proceed, and reach thy destin'd end; | | 288 | 22 | | 13: Love Of Fame, The Universal Passion. Satire III. | Long, Dodington, in debt, I long have sought | | 275 | 12 | | 14: Love Of Fame, The Universal Passion. Satire IV. | Round some fair tree th' ambitious woodbine grows, | | 263 | 12 | | 15: Love Of Fame, The Universal Passion. Satire V. | Nor reigns ambition in bold man alone; | | 581 | 22 | | 16: Love Of Fame, The Universal Passion. Satire VI. On Women. | I sought a patroness, but sought in vain. | | 589 | 11 | | 17: Love Of Fame, The Universal Passion. Satire VII. | On this last labour, this my closing strain, | | 237 | 21 | | 18: Ocean. An Ode. | Sweet rural scene! | | 414 | 17 | | 19: Ocean: An Ode | Old ocean's praise | | 98 | 11 | | 20: On Michael Angelo's Famous Piece Of The Crucifixion; | Whilst his Redeemer on his canvass dies, | | 14 | 14 | | 21: On The Late Queen's Death, And His Majesty's Accession To The Throne | Sir, I have long, and with impatience, sought | | 194 | 16 | | 22: Reflections On The Public Situation Of The Kingdom | Holles! immortal in far more than fame! | | 383 | 11 | | 23: Resignation. | The days how few, how short the years | | 1590 | 31 | | 24: The Force Of Religion; Or, Vanquished Love. Book I. | From lofty themes, from thoughts that soar'd on high, | | 290 | 16 | | 25: The Force Of Religion; Or, Vanquished Love. Book II. | Her Guilford clasps her, beautiful in death, | | 268 | 9 | | 26: The Instalment. | With invocations some their breasts inflame; | | 160 | 16 | | 27: The Last Day. Book I. | While others sing the fortune of the great; | | 309 | 13 | | 28: The Last Day. Book II. | Now man awakes, and from his silent bed, | | 391 | 13 | | 29: The Last Day. Book III. | The book unfolding; the resplendent seat | | 327 | 15 | | 30: The Old Man's Relapse. | From man's too curious and impatient sight, | | 72 | 17 | | 31: The Stateman's Creed. | Ye states! and empires! nor of empires least, | | 161 | 14 | | 32: To Mr. Addison, | What do we see? Is Cato then become | | 14 | 13 | | 33: Verses | Kind companion of my youth, | | 18 | 28 |
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Edward Young (June 1681 was an English poet, best remembered for Night Thoughts.
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