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,... The English Poets: Selections - Page 494edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
| 1907 - 584 pages
...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...grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.' Again, is not Surrey's ' The fire it cannot freeze ; For it is not his kinde, Nor true love cannot... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...Even such is time, that takes on 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...grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust. * — . 1751. — RB SHERIDAN BORN. * * * ». The orator — dramatist — minstrel — who ran Through... | |
| 1822 - 962 pages
...Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wander'd all our ways Shuts up the story of our days I But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust ! He prepared himself for the last stroke with unaltered voice and mien, — he calmly examined the... | |
| Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 328 pages
...such is time, that takes no 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...grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust !" " The Shepherd's description of Love," originally published in " England's Helicon," is of a very... | |
| Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...such is time, that takes no 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...grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust !" " The Shepherd's description of Love," originally published in " England's Helicon," is of a very... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...Kvrn such is time, that takes on 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...grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up I trust? Sir W. Raleigh—written the night before his death. ccccxm. The reason why commonly, I soon grow weary... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...EVEN such is Time, that takes on 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...grave, this dust. My God shall raise me up, I trust. GOE, soule, the bodies guest, Upon a thankelesse arrant ; Feare not to touche the best, The truth shall... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...EVEN such is Time, that takes on 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...grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust. GOE, soule, the bodies guest, Upon a thankelesse arrant ; Feare not to touche the best, The truth shall... | |
| 1891 - 850 pages
...have, And pays us but with earth and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wardered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days : But...grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust. The sun has gone down into the broad Atlantic, and the shades of evening are darkening the sweet Devonshire... | |
| 1907 - 850 pages
...all we have, And pays us but with age and dust. But there are some among us who can add with him— But from this earth, this grave, this dust My God shall raise me up, I trust! Writers of every time have set forth the sorrows of decrepitude: the most Impressive, and at the same... | |
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