Edward Young Quotes about Heaven

Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.

Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.

Edward Young

Morning, Heaven, Dew

Edward Young (1866). “The complete poetical works of Edward Young. With life”, p.73

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

Edward Young

Procrastination, Men, Heaven

Heaven wills our happiness, allows our doom.

Edward Young

Heaven, Doom

Edward Young (2018). “Young ́s Night Thoughts”, p.225, BoD – Books on Demand

'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven.

Edward Young

Wise, Past, Heaven

Edward Young, John Doran, James Nichols (1854). “The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D.: Revised and Collated with the Earliest Editions. To which is Prefixed A Life of the Author”, p.23

Praise, more divine than prayer; prayer points our ready path to heaven; praise is already there.

Edward Young

Prayer, Heaven, Path

John Milton, Edward Young, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, William Collins (1836). “The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins”, p.179

One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.

Edward Young

Eye, Heaven

Edward Young (1866). “The complete poetical works of Edward Young. With life”

Prayer ardent opens heaven.

Edward Young

Prayer, Heaven, Ardent

Edward Young, John Doran, James Nichols (1854). “The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D.: Revised and Collated with the Earliest Editions. To which is Prefixed A Life of the Author”, p.168