 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 sider
...composed the following verses in prospect of death : — i Even such is Time, that takes on trust Oar 1 While in prison in expectation of death, either on this or the former occasion, he wrote also a tender... | |
 | 1847 - 178 sider
...less than stabbing ; Yet stab at thee who will, No stab the soul can kill! The night before his Death. Even such is time, that takes on trust Our youth,...dust; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have xvandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days! But from this earth, this grave, this dust.... | |
 | William Goodman - 1847 - 376 sider
...the same error that deludes them all." HORACE. ALMANACS. " Even such is Time, that takes oil tract, Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us...dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our days, Shuts up the story of our days." RALEIOH. " Time is the stuff life is made of." YOUNG. ALMANACS,... | |
 | Timothy Dwight Sprague - 1847 - 408 sider
...Bible, wrote upon a blank leaf these lines: — " Even such is lime, 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 grave, Where we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days. But from this earth, this grave,... | |
 | 1847 - 1230 sider
...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... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - 1848 - 342 sider
...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 sider
...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...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 the resignation... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 sider
...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 sider
...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...grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust. •2-20 Jfot mine enrmtrs speaft against me, antr tfirs ifiat las toait for mi,i soul t.iftr tfirtr... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 sider
...prospect of death : — Even such is Time, that takes on trust Our youth, our joys, our all we hare, d hasten them, with the sway of friends, cither to...ambitious and mercenary, or ¡gnorantly zealous div Miuta up the story of our days 1 While in prison in expectation of death, either on this or the former... | |
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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 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... 
