by Walter Raleigh, Sir (1552? - 1618)
Even such is Time, that takes in trust
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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; And from which earth, and grave, and dust, The Lord shall raise me up, I trust.
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- by Walter Raleigh, Sir (1552? - 1618), "Epitaph", found in his Bible in the Gate House at Westminster. [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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