Poetry & Verse
Circumstance
By Percy Bysshe ShelleySource: Percy Bysshe Shelley - PoetryDB (Public Domain)Short56 words
FROM THE GREEK. A man who was about to hang himself, Finding a purse, then threw away his rope; The owner, coming to reclaim his...
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FROM THE GREEK. A man who was about to hang himself, Finding a purse, then threw away his rope; The owner, coming to reclaim his pelf, The halter found; and used it. So is Hope Changed for Despair--one laid upon the shelf, We take the other. Under Heaven's high cope Fortune is God--all you endure and do Depends on circumstance as much as you.
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