“Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow.”

— Edward Young, Night Thoughts (1742), Night V

About Edward Young

1683 – 1765

English poet, author of "Night Thoughts".

“Less base the fear of death than fear of life.”

“Time wasted is existence, used is life.”

“Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, 'That my heart has bled.'”

“Say, is not absence death to those who love?”

“Serve — and hate will die unborn. Love — and chains are broken.”

“Love is anterior to life, Posterior to death.”

“Without a mother, one cannot love. Without a mother, one cannot die.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Death, like generation, is a secret of Nature.”