"Robert Southwell" may refer to:

*Robert Southwell (lawyer) (c. 1520–1559), English civil servant, High Sheriff and MP for Kent

*Robert Southwell (Jesuit) (c. 1561–1595), English Jesuit and poet, Catholic martyr

*Robert Southwell (died 1598), MP for Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)

*Robert Southwell (diplomat) (1635–1702), English diplomat, Secretary of State for Ireland and President of the Royal Society

*Robert Henry Southwell (1745–1817), Irish MP for Downpatrick

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When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.

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I read the label underneath, That telleth me whereto I must; I see the sentence eke that saith 'Remember, man, that thou art dust!' But yet, alas, but seldom I Do think indeed that I must die - My ancestors are turned to clay, And many of my mates ar.

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Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die.

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