"Time wears all his locks before,Take thy hold upon his forehead;When he flies he turns no more,And behind his scalp is naked.Works adjourn'd have many stays,Long demurs breed new delays."

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Source : Saint Robert Southwell (1856). “The Poetical Works of the Rev. Robert Southwell”, p.60

Robert Southwell

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