Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine
To tread out empire, and to quench the stars.

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Young, Edward. The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality. London: R. Dodsley, 1742, Night 1, I. 204.

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Young, Edward. Edward Young: Night Thoughts, edited by Stephen Cornford. Cambridge University Press, 2008, Night 1, I. 204.

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A quote by Edward Young about inevitability of death: “Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire…”

A quote by Edward Young about inevitability of death: “Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire…”

A quote by Edward Young about inevitability of death: “Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire…”