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Robert Southwell
(1561 - 1595 / England)

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Robert Southwell was born at Horsham St. Faith's, Norfolk, England, in 1561; hanged at Tyburn, 21 February, 1595. His grandfather, Sir Richard Southwell, had been a wealthy man and a prominent courtier in the reign of Henry VIII. His grandfather had been a prominent man in Henry VIII's court and the .. .. more >>

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"Within his crib is surest ward,
This little babe will be thy guard,
If thou wilt foil thy foes with joy,
Then flit not from this heavenly boy."
Robert Southwell (1561?-1595), British poet. New Heaven, New War (l. 45-48). . . Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company.

"This stable is a Prince's court.
This crib His chair of state;
The beasts are parcel of His pomp,
The wooden dish His plate."
Robert Southwell (1561?-1595), British poet. New Prince, New Pomp (l. 17-20). . . Oxford Book of Sixteenth Century Verse, The. E. K. Chambers, comp. (1932) Oxford University Press.

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Robert Southwell (1561-1595)
Biographical and historical information, links to online texts, essays and criticism and further Internet resources. At luminarium.org.
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/southwell.htm

The Works of Robert Southwell [religious poems]
The Poems and Other Religious Writings of Robert Southwell, Catholic Martyr, Saint, and poet.
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/southbib.htm

Robert Southwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Robert Southwell (c. 1561 – 21 February 1595) was an English Jesuit priest and poet. He was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Southwell

§1. Robert Southwell. VII. Robert Southwell. Samuel Daniel. Vol. 4 ...
Fairly lengthy essay on his life and writings. From The Cambridge History of British and American Literature.
http://www.bartleby.com/214/0701.html

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