title: Edward Young: Night Thoughts
author:  Edward Young 
description: During the century after its publication in 1742, 'Night Thoughts' was one of the most popular, widely read and influential poems in the English language. However, there have been no editions of the poem since the middle of the nineteenth century. This edition contains a critical introduction setting the poem in the context of the eighteenth-century sublime.
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  Edward King
  
  
  Books 1 – 3
  
  
  by Rick Wood
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Book One
  
  
  I Have the Sight
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  #  1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  December 31, 1999
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  He places a wary step onto the porch, cautiously surveying his surroundings.
  Taking in a deep breath of the cool night air, he takes his hands out of his
  pockets and tucks his shirt in.
  
  
  “One needs to be presentable,” Derek had lectured him. “Whether you are
  meeting the mother or taking on the very depths of hell, a pulled-up tie and a
  welcoming smile are essential.”
  
  
  Weeds entangle other weeds, consuming the cracked wooden beams loosely holding
  up the porch roof. The light above his head flickers erratically, teasing him
  with a moment of light then snapping it