 EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our 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 ; But from this earth, this grave, this...  The Discovery of the Large, Rich, and Beautiful Empire of Guiana: With a ... - Page 219by Sir Walter Raleigh - 1848 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1856 - 588 pages
...were found these verses, written the night before : " Even bin-it is Time, that takee on trust Oar youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but...wander'd all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days." There are no details to supply a delineation of Raleigh's daily and familiar life. Of his personal... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American essays - 1856 - 422 pages
...notify that he mows down all alike — the young, the refined and the vulgar, the good and the bad. " Even such is Time that takes on trust, Our youth,...; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days."* The earliest expedient for reckoning time... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - History - 1856 - 410 pages
...notify that he mows down all alike — the young, the refined and the vulgar, the good and the bad. " Even such is Time that takes on trust, Our youth,...Who, in the dark and silent grave, . "When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days."* The earliest expedient for reckoning time... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - History - 1856 - 384 pages
...notify that he mows down all alike — the young, the refined and the vulgar, the good and the bad. " Even such is Time that takes on trust, Our youth,...; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days."* The earliest expedient for reckoning time... | |
 | James W. Gousseff - Pantomimes - 1981 - 236 pages
...56. EPITAPH by Sir Walter Raleigh 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... | |
 | Richard Machin, Christopher Norris - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 422 pages
...supplying the closure for all our stories: Oh, 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. "Shuts up the story of our days" - an echo of... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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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