With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Young, Edward 1683-1765 creator Gilfillan, George 1813-1878 text utu 2010 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Young's Night Thoughts" by Edward Young is a long poem published in nine parts between 1742 and 1745. The work records the poet's reflections on death as he mourns the loss of his wife and friends while contemplating human frailties. Written in blank verse across nine "nights," the poem explores themes of life, death, and immortality. It includes the famous line "procrastination is the thief of time" and was later illustrated with notable engravings by William Blake in 1797. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night-Thoughts Release date is 2010-07-14 Produced by Delphine Lettau, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified English poetry Didactic poetry, English PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33156 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33156 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133745.0 33156