Death of Sir Walter Raleigh. Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?-1618). October 29. James and Mary Ford, eds. 1902. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History

James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902.

October 29

Death of Sir Walter Raleigh

By Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?–1618)

Executed Oct. 29, 1618. Lines written in his Bible.

E’EN such is time! which takes in trust
Our youth, our joys, and all we have;
And pays us naught but age and dust,
Which, in the dark and silent grave,
When we have wandered all our ways,	5
Shuts up the story of our days;
And from which grave, and earth, and dust,
The Lord shall raise me up I trust.