Robert Southwell: Mind

Robert Southwell was English Jesuit. Explore interesting quotes on mind.

Robert Southwell: 40 quotes0 likes

“Before my face the picture hangs,
That daily should put me in mind
Of those cold names and bitter pangs,
That shortly I am like to find:
But yet, alas! full little I
Do think hereon that I must die.”

Robert Southwell

Source: Upon the Image of Death, Line 1; p. 136.

“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.”

Robert Southwell

"Look Home", line 3; p. 49

“I feel no care of coin,
Well-doing is my wealth;
My mind to me an empire is,
While grace affordeth health.”

Robert Southwell

Source: Content and Rich, Line 25; p. 58.

“Plough not the seas, sow not the sands,
Leave off your idle pain;
Seek other mistress for your minds,
Love's service is in vain.”

Robert Southwell

"Love's Servile Lot", line 73; p. 65.