Walter Raleigh1552–1618- Often credited to Emily Dickinson
Cowards fear to die; but courage stout,
Rather than live in snuff, will be put out.On the snuff of a candle the night before he died; Raleigh’s Remains, p. 258, ed. 1661- Instructions to his Son and to Posterity (published 1632), Chapter II
Every fool knoweth that hatreds are the cinders of affection.
Letter to Sir Robert Cecil (10 May 1593)A honey tongue, a heart of gall,
Is fancy’s spring, but sorrow’s fall.
