Stephen Hawes (d. 1523). 'O mortall folke'. Andrew Macphail, comp. 1916. The Book of Sorrow

Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.

XXXV. Consolation
‘O mortall folke’

By Stephen Hawes (d. 1523)


O MORTALL folke, you may beholde and see
How I lye here, sometime a mighty knight:
The end of joy and all prosperite
Is death at last, thorough his course and mighte:
After the daye, there cometh the darke nighte,	5
For though the daye be never so long,
At last the belle ringeth to evensong.