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Young's Night Thoughts / With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes — Edward Young

Young's Night Thoughts / With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes

Edward Young

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 295 pages

Edward Young's Night Thoughts is a long meditative poem in blank verse, composed of nine 'Nights' on life, death, and immortality. It reflects on sorrow, faith, and human mortality in a solemn, consoling tone, making it worth listening to for its reflective depth. This edition includes a life of the poet and explanatory notes by George Gilfillan.

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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

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Contents

  1. YOUNG’S NIGHT THOUGHTS. YOUNG’S NIGHT THOUGHTS.
  2. ON THE LIFE AND POETIC GENIUS OF EDWARD YOUNG.
  3. THE COMPLAINT: OR, NIGHT THOUGHTS.
  4. Transcriber’s Notes to this Electronic Edition
  5. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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