Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality

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Edward Young’s <i>Night Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, Volume II</i> was published by Richard Scott of New York in 1816. The work is a poem that is divided into nine sections, one for each night. Each night has its own title: “Life, Death, and Immortality," "Time, Death, Friendship," "Narcissa," "The Christian Triumph," "The Relapse," "The Infidel Reclaimed" (in two parts, "Glories and Riches" and "The Nature, Proof, and Importance of Immortality”), "Virtue's Apology”, and "The Consolation." Scott published the work in two volumes;volume two contained the second part of “The Infidel Reclaimed” onward. The melancholy epic poem in blank verse was well received, but is most well-known because some volumes were illustrated by William Blake.