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by Edward Young Edward Young (June 1681 - 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night Thoughts. The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, Immortality, better known simply as Night-Thoughts, is a long poem by Edward Young published in nine parts (or nights) between 1742 and 1745. The nine nights are each a poem of their own. They are: Life, Death, and Immortality (dedicated to Arthur Onslow); Time, Death, Friendship (dedicated to Spencer Compton); Narcissa (dedicated to Margaret Bentinck); The Christian Triumph (dedicated to Philip Yorke); The Relapse (dedicated to George Lee); The Infidel Reclaimd (in two parts, Glories and Riches and The Nature, Proof, and Importance of Immortality; dedicated to Henry Pelham); Virtues Apology; or, The Man of the World Answered (with no dedication); and The Consolation (dedicated to Thomas Pelham-Holles) The poem is written in blank verse. It describes the poets musings on death over a series of nine nights in which he ponders the loss of his wife and friends, and laments human frailties. The best-known line in the poem is the adage procrastination is the thief of time, which is part of a passage in which the poet discusses how quickly life and opportunities can slip away. Night the First  ? Music.mp3 By Natures law, what may be, may be now; Theres no prerogative in human hours: In human hearts what bolder thought can rise, Than mans presumption on tomorrows dawn? Where is tomorrow? In another world. For numbers this is certain; the reverse Is sure to none; and yet on this perhaps, This peradventure, infamous for lies, As on a rock of adamant we build Our mountain hopes; spin out eternal schemes, As we the fatal sisters would out-spin, And, big with lifes futurities, expire. ? Not even Philander had bespoke his shroud; Nor had he cause, a warning was denied; How many fall as sudden, not as safe? As sudden, though for years admonished home: Of human ills the last extreme beware, B