 | 1847 - 1230 pages
...Bible, wrote upon a blank leaf these lines: — " Even such is time, that takes on trust Our life, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust : Who in the dark and silent i;rave, Where we have wandered nil our ways, Shuts up the story of our days. But from thisearth, this... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...body. The night before his execution, he composed the following verses in prospect of death : — Eren n paneguries, in theatres, porches, or what other place or way may win most paye us but with age and duet ; Who in the dark and silent grave. When we hare wandered all our ways,... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - 1848 - 342 pages
...than live in snuff, will be put out." Verses found in his Bible, in the Gatehouse at Westminster. " Even such is time, that takes on trust Our youth,...dust, Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wander'd all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days 1 But from this earth, this grave, this dust,... | |
 | Mark Napier - 1848 - 450 pages
...such is Time ; who takes in trust Our youth, our joya, and all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust ; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When...wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days : But from that earth, that grave and dust, The Lord thatt raise me up, I trutt. These lines express... | |
 | Mark Napier - 1848 - 446 pages
...such is Time ; who takes in trust Our youth, our joys, and 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, SI ml s up the story of our days : But from that earth, that grave and dust, . The Lord lhatt raite... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 710 pages
...his body. The night before his execution, he composed the following verses in prospect of death : — d at the rate — way a, >tjiuts up the story of our days ! While in prison in expectation of death, either on this or... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - 1850 - 416 pages
...NIGHT BEFORE HIS DEATH. SIR W. RALEIGH. EVEN such is time ; that takes on trust Our youth, our joyes, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust...wandered all our ways) Shuts up the story of our days. — But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust. •2-20 Jfot mine... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...his body. The night before his execution, he composed the following verses in prospect of death : — till poverty or youthful years call them importunately their several w hare, And pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 902 pages
...the last night he spent in this room, or in the world, he wrote on a blank leaf of his Bible : — " Even such is Time, that takes on trust Our youth,...all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ! " The chief memorial of the Lieutenant's Lodgings refers also to the reign of James. In a room on the second... | |
 | 1851 - 608 pages
...the occasion, possesses a peculiar interest from the circumstances under which it was written : — " Even such is time, that takes on trust Our youth,...wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days. But from this earth, this grave, this dust, The Lord shall raise me up, I trust !" Such were the last... | |
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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... 
