 EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this...  The cabinet history of England, an abridgment of the chapters entitled ... - Page 112by Charles MacFarlane - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - Explorers - 1853 - 454 pages
...these few Last lines. lines : — " E'en such is time ! who takes in trust Our youth, our joys, and all we have, And pays us but with age and dust : Who,...wander'd all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ! But from this earth, this grave, this dust, The Lord will raise me up, I trust" It may appear singular... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 528 pages
...attendants the night before his execution. They are thus quoted in the Oxford edition of his works : Even such Is time, that takes on trust Our youth,...pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silen\ grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days 1 But from this earth,... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 526 pages
...the night before his execution. They are thus quoted in the Oxford edition of his works : Even Buch is time, that takes on trust Our youth, our joys,...pays us but with age and dust; Who in the dark and silenv grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days 1 But from this earth,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...his body. The night before his execution, he composed the following verses in prospect of death : — Even such is Time, that takes on trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And рау.ч из but with age and dust ; Who in the dark ami silent grave, When we have wandered all... | |
 | Vera Brittain - Authors, English - 1994 - 676 pages
...Sir Walter Raleigh's farewell verses kept beating through my brain : Even such is Time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust. In July we closed the flat, and went for a " holiday " in Cornwall through a melancholy... | |
 | Poetry - 460 pages
...wit, And dries all wantonness with it. O cruel Time, which takes in trust Our youth, our joys, and all we have, And pays us but with age and dust; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days. THE LIE Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...OBEV; OBSC; PoE; PPP; RB; SeCePo; SiPS; TrGrPo; WeW Even Such Is Time 3 Even such is time that takes in dare (1. 1—3) 4 But from this earth, this grave, this dust. My God shall raise me up. I trust. (1. 7—8)... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...MADE THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS BEHEADING Even such is Time, which takes in trust Our youth, our joys, and all we have. And pays us but with age and dust; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways. Shuts up the story of our days: And from which earth, and grave, and dust. The... | |
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - Literary Collections - 1994 - 868 pages
...his death, Sir Walter Raleigh left this version of his earlier poem: Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays...dust; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days. And from which earth, and grave, and dust, The... | |
 | Sangharakshita (Bhikshu), Sangharakshita - Religion - 1993 - 248 pages
...written on the eve of his execution: Even such is Time, which takes in trust Our youth, our joys, and all we have, And pays us but with age and dust; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days. After a brief interval came the lines in which... | |
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