Epitaph

Sir Walter RaleighSir Walter Raleigh

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Even such is time, which 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 wandered all our ways
Shuts up the story of our days,
And from which earth, and grave, and dust
The Lord will raise me up, I trust.
Sir Walter Raleigh
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Sir Walter Raleigh

1552 - 1618/EnglishSir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh was a famed English writer, poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer. Raleigh is generally considered one of the foremost poets of the Elizabethan era. His poetry is generally written in the relatively straightforw…

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