What life refused, to gain by death he thought: For life and death are but indifferent things, And of themselves not to be shunned nor sought, But fo… - William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

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What life refused, to gain by death he thought:
For life and death are but indifferent things,
And of themselves not to be shunned nor sought,
But for the good or ill that either brings.