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Robert Southwell (1561 - 1595 / England)
Poems of Robert Southwell
| 1. | A Child My Choice | 1/1/2004 |
| 2. | Content and Rich | 4/20/2010 |
| 3. | Look Home | 1/1/2004 |
| 4. | Love's Servile Lot | 1/1/2004 |
| 5. | Man's Civil War | 1/1/2004 |
| 6. | New Prince New Pomp | 1/1/2004 |
| 7. | The Burning Babe | 1/4/2003 |
| 8. | The Nativity of Christ | 1/1/2004 |
| 9. | Upon The Image Of Death | 4/20/2010 |
A Child My Choice
Let folly praise that fancy loves, I praise and love that Child
Whose heart no thought, whose tongue no word, whose hand no deed defiled.
I praise Him most, I love Him best, all praise and love is His;
While Him I love, in Him I live, and cannot live amiss.
Love's sweetest mark, laud's highest theme, man's most desired light,
To love Him life, to leave Him death, to live in Him delight.
