Vile avarice and pride, from Heaven accurst, In all are ill… - William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

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Vile avarice and pride, from Heaven accurst,
In all are ill, but in a church-man worst.

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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What thing so good which not some harm may bring?
Even to be happy is a dangerous thing.

O if thou knew’st how thou thyself dost harm,
And dost prejudge thy bliss, and spoil my rest;
Then thou would’st melt the ice out of thy breast
And thy relenting heart would kindly warm.

That queen of nations, absolutely great.

Vile avarice and pride, from Heaven accurst, In all are ill, but in a church-man worst. - William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

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