The saddest birds a season find to sing,
More quotes by Robert Southwell
Times go by turns and chances change by course,
From foul to fair, from better hap to worse.
Grant me grace, O God! that I
My life may mend, sith I must die.
To rise by others' fall
I deem a losing gain;
All states with others' ruins built
To ruin run amain.
No joy so great but runneth to an end,
No hap so hard but may in fine amend.
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