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To read the monuments to weigh my dust

DMI number:
34183
Poem Aliases
Young. Night Thoughts. Night 5.
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
Related People
Author:
Edward Young
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract w. variants from Night 5. Chalmers (1810) XIII: 438-446.
Content/Publication
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