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... Laconics, Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors: In Three Volumes - Seite 1201856Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| English poetry - 1853 - 552 Seiten
...which takes in trust Our youth, our joys, and all we have, And pays us but with age and dust ; Which in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered...our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from which grave, and earth, and dust, The Lord shall raise me up, I trust. RALEIGH. UNA AND THE LION. ONE... | |
| William Jerdan - 1853 - 476 Seiten
...Time, that takes on trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us with but age and dnst ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways Shuts up the story of our days. — RALEIGH. I AM now warned that my task must come to a conclusion, and I have but a few memoranda... | |
| Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1853 - 454 Seiten
...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, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wander'd all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ! But from this earth, this grave, this dust,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 Seiten
...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... | |
| William Jerdan - 1853 - 468 Seiten
...very edifying, and would make an amusing olio for publication, CHAPTEE XX. CONCLUSION. Even luch i» Time, that takes on trust , Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us with but age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all <mr ways Shuts... | |
| Charles Whitehead - 1854 - 346 Seiten
...Even 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 wander'd all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days. But from that earth, that grave and dust, The... | |
| Charles MacFarlane - 1855 - 474 Seiten
...statesman, poet — the universal Raleigh, who was then in the sixty-seventh year of his age:— " Even such is Time, that takes on trust Our youth,...: Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wander'd all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days."* King James made a merit of this execution... | |
| William Wells Brown - 1855 - 338 Seiten
...himself a short time before his death : " Even such is Time, that takes on trust, Our youth, our joy, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust...wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days." f Spears, battle-axes, pikes, helmets, targets, -bows and arrows, and many instruments of torture,... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 Seiten
...earthly are. Lord Brooke's ltuetapk. Even sueh is time, that takes on trust Our youth, our joys, oar all we have, And pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wander'd all our wa/s, Shuts up the story of our days ! Sir W. Meigí. Time is the feather'd thing,... | |
| Charles MacFarlane - 1855 - 474 Seiten
...statesman, poet—the universal Raleigh, who was then in the sixty-seventh year of his age:— F3 " Even such is Time, that takes on trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have When we have wander'd all our ways, And pays us but with age and dost: Who, in the dark and silent... | |
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