Robert Southwell: Zitate auf Englisch
Quelle: Upon the Image of Death, Line 37; p. 137.
"The Burning Babe", line 1; p. 98.
“No joy so great but runneth to an end,
No hap so hard but may in fine amend.”
Quelle: Times Go by Turns, Line 11; p. 47.
“Times go by turns and chances change by course,
From foul to fair, from better hap to worse.”
Quelle: Times Go by Turns, Line 5; p. 47.
"The Burning Babe", line 9; pp. 98-9.
"New Prince, New Pomp", line 1; p. 96.
“To rise by others' fall
I deem a losing gain;
All states with others' ruins built
To ruin run amain.”
Quelle: Content and Rich, Line 57; p. 59.
Quelle: Content and Rich, Line 25; p. 58.
Quelle: Upon the Image of Death, Line 43; pp. 137-8.
“When Fortune smiles, I smile to think
How quickly she will frown.”
Quelle: Content and Rich, Line 63; p. 59.
“Grant me grace, O God! that I
My life may mend, sith I must die.”
Quelle: Upon the Image of Death, Line 53; p. 138.
"Scorn not the Least", line 19; p. 54.
