Great God!
Greater than greatest! better than the best!
Kinder than kindest! with soft pity's eye
Look down -
On a poor breathing particle of dust!
Or, lower, - an immortal in his crimes.
His crimes forgive, forgive his virtues too!
Those smaller faults, half converts to the right.
More verses by Edward Young
- Ocean: An Ode. Concluding With A Wish.*
- Sleep
- A Poem On The Last Day - Book Iii
- The Last Day (Excerpt)
- Ocean: An Ode. Concluding With A Wish.