“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 whom they most dearly lov'd, some rag'd, some groan'd, some sigh'd, roar'd, promis'd, pray'd, as blows, falls, faintness, pain, hope, anguish mov'd.” MenWorldWarPainFallFieldsPrayingHorrorShapesRedHorseBreathsSacredLaysPaintBlowFuneralAnguishSighHideousRagsTrunksProdigalsHeadless Author:William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
“No town can keep a man, but men keep towns.” MenTowns Author:William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
“While as he yet doth breath extend, no man is blest; behold the end.” MenEndsBreaths 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 men in blood by women drown'd.” MenHas BeensWholeSexBloodExampleMurderPietyIsleRenown Author:William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
