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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

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Times go by turns and chances change by course,
From foul to fair, from better hap to worse.

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

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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