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William Alexander was an Irish cleric in the Church of Ireland.

✵ 1570 – 12. September 1640
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William Alexander Quotes

“The weaker sex, to piety more prone”

William Alexander

Doomsday, Hour v, lv https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e8DnAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR45&lpg=PR45&dq=William+Alexander+doomsday&source=bl&ots=taUqo5dShA&sig=CcMyo0Y7DxR7VknOu4J0xdRyQao&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAGoVChMI8OLI24nKxwIVi-0UCh3i1QtP#v=onepage&q=The%20weaker%20sexe&f=false.

Sex

“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.”

William Alexander

Sonnet: To Aurora.

Heart

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