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Robert Southwell was a prominent English poet of the late 16th century. His poetry, deeply influenced by the Reformation, is notable for its profound religious sentiment and literary skill.

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Famous Robert Southwell Quotes

“Man's mind a mirror is of heavenly sights,A brief wherein all marvels summèd lie,Of fairest forms and sweetest shapes the store,Most graceful all, yet thought may grace them more.”

Men Mind May Form Lying Grace Shapes Sight Mirrors Stores Heavenly Sweetest

Author:Robert Southwell

“My faultless breast the furnace is, the fuel wounding thorns;Love is the fire and sighs the smoke, the ashes shame and scorns;The fuel Justice layeth on, and Mercy blows the coals;The metal in this furnace wrought are men's defiled souls.”

Men Soul Justice Love Is Fire Mercy Shame Blow Smoke Fuel Breasts Metals Ashes Coal Sigh Scorn Thorns Furnaces

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“The saddest birds a season find to sing,The roughest storm a calm may soon allay;Thus with succeeding turns God tempereth all,That men may hope to rise yet fear to fall.”

Men May Turns Fall Succeed Bird Seasons Calm Storm Saddest

Book:The Poetical Works of the Rev. Robert Southwell

Source: The Poetical Works of the Rev. Robert Southwell

“Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.”

Men Inspirational Funny Lasts Pleasure Wind Tides Sail Sailing Tidy Gale

Book:The poetical works of the rev. Robert Southwell, now first completely ed. by W. B. Turnbull

Source: The poetical works of the rev. Robert Southwell, now first completely ed. by W. B. Turnbull

About the Author

Born: 1561
Died: February 21, 1595
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 25

Books & Sources

The Poetical Works of the Rev. Robert SouthwellRelated source material

The poetical works of the rev. Robert Southwell, now first completely ed. by W. B. TurnbullRelated source material

Poetical worksRelated source material

St. Peter's Complaint: And Other PoemsRelated source material

Collected PoemsRelated source material

Mary Magdalen's Funeral Tears: The Triumphs Over Death; and An Epistle of ComfortRelated source material

The Complete Poems of Robert SouthwellRelated source material

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