Constable John Stevens

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    “I did not know that thou wert dead before;
    I did not feel the grief I did sustain;
    The greater stroke astonisheth the more;
    Astonishment takes from us sense of pain.
    I stood amazed when other’s tears begun,
    And now begin to weep when they have done.”
    —Henry Constable (1562–1613)

    “But I’m his poor shepherd, as plain you may see,
    That am come to beg pardon for him and for me.””
    —Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 99–100)

    “Cold is our element and winter’s air
    Brings voices as of lions coming down.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)