Robert Southwell Quotes


Time wears all his locks before,Take thy hold upon his forehead;When he flies he turns no more,And behind his scalp is naked.Works adjourn'd have many stays,Long demurs breed new delays.


Citations

Southwell, Robert. "Loss in Delay." The Complete Poems of Robert Southwell, S.J., edited by Alexander B. Grosart, Printed for private circulation, 1872, p. 59.

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Robert Southwell
Robert Southwell
  • Born:
  • Died: February 21, 1595
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Clergyman

Robert Southwell, also Saint Robert Southwell, was an English Roman Catholic priest of the Jesuit Order. He was also a poet, hymnodist, and clandestine missionary in Elizabethan England.