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“Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue.”
Source: The Revenge: A Tragedy, in Five Acts
Source: The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D.: Revised and Collated with the Earliest Editions. To which is Prefixed A Life of the Author
“The soul of man was made to walk the skies.”
Source: Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality
“Man makes a death which Nature never made. And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one.”
Source: Night Thoughts ... With notes ... by the Rev. C. E. de Coetlogon ... To which are added the author's poem on the Last Day, the paraphrase on part of the Book of Job [with other poems], and his life
“Fond man! the vision of a moment made! Dream of a dream! and shadow of a shade!”
Source: Night Thoughts ... With notes ... by the Rev. C. E. de Coetlogon ... To which are added the author's poem on the Last Day, the paraphrase on part of the Book of Job [with other poems], and his life
“A prince indebted is a fortune made.”
Source: The Brothers: A Tragedy
Source: The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins