*Am 1736 Old Accession No. AqE83 0 44
Copy, headed verses I made the Last nyght I Liued
and subscribed Walter Rawleygh
, on a small slip of paper pasted down on page ccxxxii in a printed exemplum of William Oldys, The Life of Sir Walter Ralegh (London, 1736).
Owned by the Historical Society of Philadelphia.
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RaW 74.5No description or publication history available.
First published in Richard Brathwayte, Remains after Death (London, 1618). Latham, p. 72 (as These verses following were made by Sir Walter Rauleigh the night before he dyed and left att the Gate howse). Rudick, Nos 35A, 35B, and part of 55 (three versions, pp. 80, 133).
This poem is ascribed to Ralegh in most MS copies and is often appended to copies of his speech on the scaffold (see
RaW 739-822 ).Sir Walter Ralegh, 'Euen such is tyme which takes in trust'