Project Gutenberg 2010-07-14 Public domain in the USA. 656 Young, Edward 1683 1765 Young, E. (Edward) Gilfillan, George 1813 1878 Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Produced by Delphine Lettau, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Young's Night Thoughts" by Edward Young is a philosophical poem written in the early 18th century. The work consists of a series of meditations on life, death, and immortality, presented through the lens of personal loss and existential reflection. As the narrative unfolds, the speaker grapples with profound themes of human existence and spiritual inquiry, drawing the reader into a contemplative journey. At the start of the poem, we find the speaker emerging from a troubled sleep, grappling with feelings of despair and the weight of existence. He reflects on the nature of night as a time of silence and darkness, prompting thoughts of mortality and the immensity of fate. The opening lines set the stage for a deep exploration of the human condition, as the speaker contemplates life's brevity and the eternal struggle between hope and despair. He questions the very essence of humanity, acknowledging both the grandeur and the fragility of life, while inviting readers to ponder the significance of time and the inevitability of death. This sets a somber yet thought-provoking tone that resonates throughout the poem. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English poetry Didactic poetry, English PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 779884 779893 2024-09-14T06:05:24.778718 2023-09-14T10:50:02.974226 text/html text/html 787876 2010-07-14T10:13:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 249501 2010-07-14T10:13:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 310123 2024-09-14T06:05:42.167649 application/epub+zip 319403 2024-09-14T06:05:27.870704 application/epub+zip 319403 2024-09-14T06:05:26.125749 application/epub+zip 600491 2024-09-14T06:05:49.485741 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 598014 2024-09-14T06:05:40.919671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 618575 2022-09-15T08:15:33.434806 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 589223 589116 2024-09-14T06:05:21.276794 2023-09-14T10:49:59.353221 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 589185 2010-07-14T10:13:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 230770 2010-07-14T10:13:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 589190 2010-07-14T10:13:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 230722 2010-07-14T10:13:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20874 2024-09-14T06:05:49.652653 application/rdf+xml 14873 2024-09-14T06:05:26.621741 image/jpeg 3883 2024-09-14T06:05:26.366757 image/jpeg 302417 2024-09-14T06:05:24.843850 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia