Poem by Walter Raleigh

The Conclusion

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 wander'd 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.

1. Sestina Otiosa
2. On Being Challenged to Write an Epigram in the Manner of Herrick
3. Farewell to the Court
4. On the Cards and Dice
5. If Cynthia Be a Queen

Francis Beaumont The Conclusion ("Sleep not too much; nor longer than asleep")

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