1 And sooth it seems they say: for he may not
sooth > truly, truthfully say > speak may not > cannot
2 For ever die, and ever buried be 3 In baleful night, where all things are forgotten;
baleful > deadly, miserable
4 All be he subject to mortality,
All > Although
5 Yet is eterne in mutability,
is eterne > [he is eternal]
6 And by succession made perpetual, 7 Transformed oft, and changed diversely: 8 For him the father of all forms they call; 9 Therefore needs might he live, that living gives to all.
needs might he live > [it is necessary that he shall live]