Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority

Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority

Edward Young was an English poet and playwright who is best known for his work "Night Thoughts," a series of poems that explore themes of life, death, and the afterlife. One of the most famous lines from "Night Thoughts" is "Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority." This line encapsulates Young's belief that life is a lonely and desolate journey, but that death is the great equalizer that unites us all in the end.