"O mortall folke, you may beholde and see Howe I lye here, sometime a mighty knight; The ende of joye, and all prosperitie Is 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"
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Stephen Hawes
1474 – 1523
Stephen Hawes (c. 1474 – 1523) was an English poet active during the Tudor period.
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