To love and be beloved, this is the good, Which for most so… - William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

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To love and be beloved, this is the good,
Which for most sovereign all the world will prove.

William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

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William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (c. 1567 in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire – 12 February 1640) was a Scottish poet.

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The weaker sex, to piety more prone.

I hope, I fear, resolved, and yet I doubt,
I'm cold as ice, and yet I burn as fire;
I wot not what, and yet I much desire,
And trembling too, am desperately stout.

His birthright sold, some pottage so to gain.

To love and be beloved, this is the good, Which for most sovereign all the world will prove. - William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

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