Be wise today tis madness to defer
- DMI number:
- 37477
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Be wise today tis madness to defer
- Last Line:
- Soon close where passed the shaft no trace is found
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Age, Fate / fortune / providence, Time, and Virtue / vice
- 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:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Be wise today tis madness to defer
- Last Line:
- Over those we love we drop it in their grave
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- On Procrastination. [Young.]
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- On Procrastination. [Young.]
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- On Procrastination. [Young.]
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
Poem Aliases
Young. Night Thoughts. Night 1.
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