Be wise today tis madness to defer
- DMI number:
- 34985
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Be wise today tis madness to defer
- Last Line:
- Over those we love we drop it in their grave
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Meditation, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Carpe diem, Death, and Time
- Author:
- Edward Young
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Night 1. Chalmers (1810) XIII: 420-423.
- First Line:
- Be wise today tis madness to defer
- Last Line:
- Over those we love we drop it in the grave
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Be wise today tis madness to defer
- Last Line:
- Soon close where passed the shaft no trace is found
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [3rd ed] [T105857] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.112-113
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [3rd ed] [T207884] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.115-116
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [5th ed] [T105851] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.112-113
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [6th ed] [T105856] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.112-113
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [Dublin] [T207819] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.98-99
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [N24068] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.105-107
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [N24070] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.112-113
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [N37015] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.127-128
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105848] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.112-113
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105849] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.127-128
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105850] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.112-113
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105855] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.112-113
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105859] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.127-128
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105921] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.112-113
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105922] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.112-113
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T105923] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.115-116
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [new edition] [T199915] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.127-128
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The speaker: or miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers [T105854] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.115-116
- Poem Title:
- Chap. XXIII. On Procrastination.
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
Poem Aliases
Young. Night Thoughts. Night 1.
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