STILL ON PATROL

Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s, and truth’s; then if thou fall’st, O Cromwell, Thou fall’st a blessed martyr!

William Shakespeare, King Henry VIII, Act 3, Scene 2

Copyright by David C. Trimble

Author of LEST YE BE JUDGED, A Novel - http://stillonpatrol.typepad.com/lest_ye_be_judged/