"Though silent long, and sleeping ne'er so sound, / Smother'd with errors, and oppress'd with toys, / That heaven-commission'd hour no sooner calls / But from her cavern in the soul's abyss, / Like him they fable under Ætna whelm'd, / The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame, / Loudly convinces, and severely pains."
Night the Fourth. The Christian Triumph. Containing the Only Cure for the Fear of Death, and Proper Sentiments of Heart on that Inestimable Blessing. Humbly Inscribed to the Honourable Mr. York [Night-Thoughts]
Uniform title published in 9 volumes, from 1742 to 1745. At least 133 reprintings after 1745 in ESTC (1747, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1787,  1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1800).<br>
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Edward Young, <u>Night the Fourth. The Christian Triumph. Containing the Only Cure for the Fear of Death, and Proper Sentiments of Heart on that Inestimable Blessing. Humbly Inscribed to the Honourable Mr. York</u> (London: R. Dodsley, 1743). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3310404600&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to 1744 quarto in ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose, of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D.</u>, 2 vols. (London: William Tegg, 1854). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ixYUAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt; Reading Edward Young, <u>Night Thoughts</u>, ed. Stephen Cornford (New York: Cambridge UP, 1989).