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EPIGRAM CCLXV.
[At each man's birth, say those who Mahomet quote]
SIC ERAT IN FATIS.
At each man's birth, say those who Mahomet quote,
Destiny his fortune on his forehead wrote:—
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The hint has something plausible to plead:
What Destiny writes, Destiny would write, no doubt,
On substance little likely to wear out;
And therefore probably it comes to pass,
So many foreheads in the world, are Brass!
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