"Though I was long in coming to the light, Yet may I mount to fortune's highest height."
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Aurora. Sonnet 98.
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William Alexander
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (c. 1567 in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire – 12 February 1640) was a Scottish poet.
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