The world's chief idol, nurse of fretting cares, Dumb traff… - William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

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The world's chief idol, nurse of fretting cares,
Dumb trafficker, yet understood o'er all.

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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Times daily change and we likewise in them;
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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.

The world's chief idol, nurse of fretting cares, Dumb trafficker, yet understood o'er all. - William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

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