Stephen Hawes

Stephen Hawes (c. 1474 – 1523) was an English poet active during the Tudor period. Quotes In a slombrynge slepe with slouth opprestAs I in my naked bedde was leydThynkynge all nyght to take my restMorpleus to me than made abreydAnd in my dreme me thought he saydCome walke with me in a medowe amerousDepeynted with floures that be delycyous. From The Example of Vertu (c. 1504), I, st. 3 For knighthode is not in the feates of warre,As for to fight in quarell right or wronge,But in a cause which trouth can not defarre;He ought him selfe for to make sure and strongeJustice to kepe mixt with mercy amonge;And no quarell a knight ought to take,But for a trouth or for the comins sake. From The Pastime of Pleasure (ed. 1555) Variant: for the comins (i.e. "common's") sake — some editors give for a woman's sake O mortall folke, you may beholde and seeHowe I lye here, sometime a mighty knight;The ende of joye, and all prosperitieIs death at last, th[o]rough his course and myght:After the day there cometh the darke nyght,For thoughe the day be never so long,At last the belles ringeth to evensong From The History of Graunde Amour and la Bel Pucel (ed. 1554) External links Category:1470s births Category:1520s deaths Category:Poets from England Category:People of Tudor England Category:University of Oxford alumni