Robert Southwell

  • Shun delayes, they breed remorse,
    Take thy time while time doth serve thee,
    Creeping snayles have weakest force,
    Flie their fault, lest thou repent thee.
        Good is best when soonest wrought,
        Lingering labours come to nought.

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  • When words are weak and foes encountering strong,
    Where mightier do assault than do defend,
    The feebler part puts up enforced wrong,
    And silent sees that speech could not amend.
    Yet higher powers most think though they repine,—
    When sun is set, the little...

  • The Lopped tree in time may grow again;
    Most naked plants renew both fruit and flower;
    The sorest wight may find release of pain,
    The driest soil suck in some moist’ning shower;
    Times go by turns and chances change by course,
    From foul to fair, from better...