. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . IR WALTER RALEIGH (1552-1618), written the Nightbefore his Execution. Even such is time: that takes in trustOur youth, our joys, our all we pays us but with earth and dust;Who, in the dark and silent grave,When we have wandered all our up the story of our days;But from this earth, this grave, this God shall raise me up, I trust. GRAHAM OF CLAVERHOUSE (1613-1650), written the Night BEFORE HIS EXECUTION. Let them bestow on every airt a limb, Then
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . IR WALTER RALEIGH (1552-1618), written the Nightbefore his Execution. Even such is time: that takes in trustOur youth, our joys, our all we pays us but with earth and dust;Who, in the dark and silent grave,When we have wandered all our up the story of our days;But from this earth, this grave, this God shall raise me up, I trust. GRAHAM OF CLAVERHOUSE (1613-1650), written the Night BEFORE HIS EXECUTION. Let them bestow on every airt a limb, Then open all my veins, that I may swim To Thee, my Maker, in a crimson lake; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake. Scatter my ashes, strew them in the air. Lord! since Thou knowest where these atoms are, Im hopeful Thou wilt gather all my dust, And confident Thoult raise me with the just. XX A BOOK OF LIFE AND DEATH Epitaph in the Churchyard of Anthieux, near Rouen. Passant, penses-tu pasPasser par ce passage,Oil passant, jai passe?Si tu ny penses pas,Passant, tu nes pas sage;Car en ny pensant pas,Tu te verra
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