Works
Christmas Poems, Christmas Poems, I dye alive, Of the Blessed Sacrament of the Aulter, Scorn Not the Least, The Burning Babe, Times go by Turns
Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia: Southwell, Ro
Very brief biography.
Columbia Encyclopedia: Southwell, Robert
Brief biographical entry.
Robert Southwell
Fairly lengthy essay on his life and writings. From The Cambridge History of British and American Literature.
Robert Southwell (1561-1595)
Biographical and historical information, links to online texts, essays and criticism and further Internet resources. At luminarium.org.
The Burning Babe
Portrait, text of Southwell's celebrated poem, historical and literary background, analysis of the poem.
Venerable Robert Southwell
Biography of the English poet, Jesuit, and martyr. He was hanged in 1595. Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.