"Can gold calm passion, or make reason shine? / Can we dig peace or wisdom from the mine?"
Satire VI. On Women. [from Love of Fame, The Universal Passion]
The satires were first published individually, 1726-1728. At least 31 entries in ESTC (1728, 1730, 1731, 1741, 1750, 1752, 1753, 1755, 1758, 1760, 1762, 1778, 1783).<br>
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See <u>Love of Fame, The Universal Passion. Satire VI. On Women. Inscribâ€™d to the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Germain.</u> (Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for George Ewing, at the Angel and Bible in Dameâ€™s-Street, 1728). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T38677">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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See also <u>Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires.</u>, 2nd edition corr., and alterâ€™d. (London: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand, 1728). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T113649">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose, of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D., Formerly Rector of Welwyn, Hertfordshire, &c. Revised and Collated With the Earliest Editions. To Which Is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, by John Doran, LL.D. With Eight Illustrations on Steel, and a Portrait.</u> 2 vols. (London: William Tegg and Co., 1854).