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The soul of man was made to walk the skies.

The soul of man was made to walk the skies.

Edward Young
Men, Sky, Soul
Edward Young (1856). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality”, p.457

A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

Edward Young
Running, Reflection, Soul
Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1793). “Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job”, p.108

Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . Less base the fear of death than fear of life. O Britain! infamous for suicide.

Edward Young
Suicide, Wings, Soul
Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1793). “Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job”, p.103

Tis immortality, 'tis that alone, Amid life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill. That only, and that amply this performs.

Edward Young
Pain, Soul, Comfort
Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1803). “Night Thoughts ... With notes ... by the Rev. C. E. de Coetlogon ... To which are added the author's poem on the Last Day, the paraphrase on part of the Book of Job [with other poems], and his life”, p.172

O! lost to virtue, lost to manly thought, Lost to the noble sallies of the soul! Who think it solitude to be alone.

Edward Young
Thinking, Soul, Solitude
William Danby, Edward Young (1832). “Extracts from Young's Night thoughts, with observations upon them”, p.15

Body and soul, like peevish man and wife, United jar, and yet are loth to part.

Edward Young
Men, Wife, Soul
Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1793). “Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job”, p.25

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