Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Vol. 1 of 2

While others sing the fortune of the great;

Empire and arms, and all the pomp of state;

With Britain"s hero set their souls on fire,

And grow immortal as his deeds inspire;

I draw a deeper scene: a scene that yields

A louder trumpet, and more dreadful fields;

The world alarm"d, both earth and heaven o"erthrown,

And gasping nature"s last tremendous groan;

Death"s ancient sceptre broke, the teeming tomb,

The righteous Judge, and man"s eternal doom.

"Twixt joy and pain I view the bold design,

And ask my anxious heart, if it be mine.

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