by Walter Raleigh, Sir (1552? - 1618)

Language: English 
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 dust,
My God shall raise me up, I trust.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Even such is time", 1917, published 1959 [ voice and piano ], revised 1918 and 1925

Text Authorship:

  • by Walter Raleigh, Sir (1552? - 1618), "Epitaph", found in his Bible in the Gate House at Westminster.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 65