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> [There whil'st the world prov'd prodigal of breath, the headless trunks lay prostrated in heaps; this field of funerals sacred unto death, did paint out horror in most hideous shapes: whil'st men unhors'd, horses unmast'red, stray'd, some call'd on those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/there-whil-st-the-world-prov-d-prodigal-of-breath-the-headless-trunks/)

[William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/)

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## More by William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

> [How some dare scorn (as if a fabulous lie) that they should rise whom death to dust doth bind -- and like to beasts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/how-some-dare-scorn-as-if-a-fabulous-lie-that-they-should-rise-whom/)

[William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/)

> [The weaker sex, to piety more prone, by rare examples, oft have been renown'd. When many murders were bewail'd by none, an isles whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/the-weaker-sex-to-piety-more-prone-by-rare-examples-oft-have-been/)

[William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/)

> [The stately heavens which glory doth array, are mirrors of God's admirable might; there, whence forth spreads the night, forth springs the day. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/the-stately-heavens-which-glory-doth-array-are-mirrors-of-god-s/)

[William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/)

> [Not beauty, no, but virtue rais'd my fires, whose sacred flame did cherish chaste desires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/not-beauty-no-but-virtue-rais-d-my-fires-whose-sacred-flame-did/)

[William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/)

> [The weaker sex, to piety more prone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/the-weaker-sex-to-piety-more-prone/)

[William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/)

> [No town can keep a man, but men keep towns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/no-town-can-keep-a-man-but-men-keep-towns/)

[William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/)

> [There whil'st the world prov'd prodigal of breath, the headless trunks lay prostrated in heaps; this field of funerals sacred unto death, did paint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/there-whil-st-the-world-prov-d-prodigal-of-breath-the-headless-trunks/)

[William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/)

> [While as he yet doth breath extend, no man is blest; behold the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/while-as-he-yet-doth-breath-extend-no-man-is-blest-behold-the-end/)

[William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/)

> [Great conquests trouble, where contempt may please -- the one yields glory, and the other ease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/great-conquests-trouble-where-contempt-may-please-the-one-yields/)

[William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-alexander-1st-earl-of-stirling/)

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