There is something in Poetry beyond Prose-reason; there are… - Edward Young

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There is something in Poetry beyond Prose-reason; there are Mysteries in it not to be explained, but admired; which render mere Prose-men Infidels to their Divinity.

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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Ambition! powerful source of good and ill!

The booby father craves a booby son,
And by Heaven’s blessing thinks himself undone.

Creation sleeps! 'Tis as the general pulse
Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause;
An awful pause! prophetic of her end.

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