Excerpt from The Poetical Works of the Reverend Dr. Edward Young, Vol. 1 of 4: Containing His Complaint, or Night-Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality Soon after this he wrote the poem entitled, The Force of Religion: or, Vanquish'd Love; which was likewise received with very flattering marks of (118 tinction. To the noble family for whose amusement it was originally intended, this poem proved a most acceptable present; and indeed'such was the success of both these juvenile performances, at a period when the noblest effusions of genius were daily issuing from the press-when, in fact, the literature of England seemed to have reached the zenith of its glory, that several of the first characters in the kingdom not only loaded him with applause, but actually courted his confidence and friendship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.