In him our life lay;
And all have to carry
These bodies of clay.
In this clay, soul-fashioned,
We march to the tomb,
Leaving loved ones behind us
When entering its gloom.
How much, then, thou takest
Of all this world’s good?
Some few yards of linen,
In him our life lay;
And all have to carry
These bodies of clay.
In this clay, soul-fashioned,
We march to the tomb,
Leaving loved ones behind us
When entering its gloom.
How much, then, thou takest
Of all this world’s good?
Some few yards of linen,