Robert Southwell
Robert Southwell
heart eye winter
As in hoary winter's night stood shivering in the snow,Surprised I was with sudden heat which made my heart to glow;And lifting up a fearful eye to view what fire was near,A pretty babe all burning bright did in the air appear.
procrastination labor lingering
Lingering labors come to naught.
lying silly winter
Behold a silly tender babe,In freezing winter night,In homely manger trembling lies;Alas! a piteous sight.
men wind sailing
Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.
lying men sight
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.
thinking
What thought can think, another thought can mend.
love breathe live-love
Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live.
smile thinking frowning
When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.
faith inspiration giving
God gave Himself to you: give yourself to God.
fall men bird
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.
errors heaven trying
The path to Heaven is narrow, rough and full of wearisome and trying ascents, nor can it be trodden without great toil; and therefore wrong is their way, gross their error, and assured their ruin who, after the testimony of so many thousands of saints, will not learn where to settle their footing.