“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.”Robert Southwell "The Burning Babe", line 1; p. 98.
“Though all the East did quake to hearOf Alexander's dreadful name,And all the West did likewise fearTo hear of Julius Cæsar's fame.”Robert Southwell Source: Upon the Image of Death, Line 43; pp. 137-8.
“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.”Robert Southwell Source: Times Go by Turns, Line 15; p. 47.