Edward Young
Edward Young (3 July 1683 - 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts.His first publication was an Epistle to ... Lord Lansdoune (1713). It was followed by a Poem on the Last Day (1713), dedicated to Queen Anne; The Force of Religion: or Vanquished Love (1714), a poem on the execution of Lady Jane Grey and her husband, dedicated to the Countess of Salisbury; and an epistle to Joseph Addison, On the late Queen's Death and His Majesty's Accession to the Throne (1714),...See more
Edward Young (3 July 1683 - 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts.His first publication was an Epistle to ... Lord Lansdoune (1713). It was followed by a Poem on the Last Day (1713), dedicated to Queen Anne; The Force of Religion: or Vanquished Love (1714), a poem on the execution of Lady Jane Grey and her husband, dedicated to the Countess of Salisbury; and an epistle to Joseph Addison, On the late Queen's Death and His Majesty's Accession to the Throne (1714), in which he rushed to praise the new king. The fulsome style of the dedications jars with the pious tone of the poems, and they are omitted from his own edition of his works. See less
![The Complaint. Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality. Night the Fifth. [The Relapse]](https://www3.alibris-static.com/the-complaint-or-night-thoughts-on-life-death-immortality-night-the-fifth-the-relapse/isbn/9781241038625.gif)
![Resignation. in Two Parts, and a Postscript, to Mrs. B*******. by Edward Young, D.D. [three Lines from Psalms]](https://www1.alibris-static.com/resignation-in-two-parts-and-a-postscript-to-mrs-b-by-edward-young-d-d-three-lines-from-psalms/isbn/9781170938744.gif)
