Famous quotes containing the word southwell:
“‘Remember, man, that thou art dust!’
But yet, alas, but seldom I
Do think indeed that I must die . . .”
—Robert Southwell (1561?–1595)
“Not Solomon, for all his wit,
Nor Samson, though he were so strong,
No king nor person ever yet
Could ‘scape, but death laid him along:”
—Robert Southwell (1561?–1595)
“Though all the East did quake to hear
Of Alexander’s dreadful name,
And all the West likewise did fear
To hear of Julius Caesar’s fame,”
—Robert Southwell (1561?–1595)