'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them… - Edward Young

'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours,
And ask them what report they bore to heaven.

Edward Young

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Edward Young (c. 3 July 1683 – April 5, 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts.

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And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one.

And what its worth, ask death-beds; they can tell.

In youth, what disappointments of our own making: in age, what disappointments from the nature of things.

'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven. - Edward Young

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