Plough not the seas, sow not the sands,
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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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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