To read the monuments to weigh my dust
- DMI number:
- 34183
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- To read the monuments to weigh my dust
- Last Line:
- Visit the vaults and dwell among the tombs
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Graveyard school, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Death and Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- Edward Young
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract w. variants from Night 5. Chalmers (1810) XIII: 438-446.
- Title:
- Solitary walks; to which are added the consolations of religion [N24695] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.4
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- Solitary walks; to which are added the consolations of religion [T81041] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.4
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
Poem Aliases
Young. Night Thoughts. Night 5.
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