Tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep, -
He, like the world, his ready visit pays
Where fortune smiles: the wretched he forsakes,
And lights on lids unsullied by a tear.

(C) Edward Young
03/29/2017


Best Poems of Edward Young

• Penitence
• Sleep
• The Wind From The West
• Socrates
• Love Of Fame, The Universal Passion (excerpt)
• To The Right Hon. Mr. Dodington
• A Poem On The Last Day - Book I
• The Last Day (excerpt)
• A Poem On The Last Day - Book Ii
• Resignation Pt 1
• Ocean: An Ode. Concluding With A Wish.*
• A Poem On The Last Day - Book Iii
• Ocean: An Ode. Concluding With A Wish.
• Resignation Pt 2
• The Complaint: Or Night Thoughts (excerpt)
• The Force Of Religion; Or, Vanquished Love. Book Ii
• To Mr. Addison,
• Epitaph
• Ocean. An Ode
• Reflections On The Public Situation Of The Kingdom
• An Epistle To The Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole