William Alexander

"Times daily change and we likewise in them; Things out of sight do straight forgotten die."

"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."

"Of all the tyrants that the world affords, Our own affections are the fiercest lords."

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

"Although my hap be hard, my heart is high."

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

"I sing the sabbath of eternal rest."

"Though I was long in coming to the light, Yet may I mount to fortunes highest height."

"Of all things that are feared, the least is death."

"When policy puts on religious cloak."

"Pride hated stands, and doth unpitied fall."

"His birthright sold, some pottage so to gain."