Matthew Prior. Dialogues of the Dead and Other Works in Prose and Verse. The Text Edited by A. R. Waller |
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TO FORTUNE.
ANOTHER.
Whilst I in Prison on a Court look down,Nor beg thy favour, nor deserve thy frown,
In vain malicious Fortune, hast thou try'd,
By taking from my state to quell my Pride:
Insulting Girl, thy present rage abate;
And would'st thou have me humble, make me Great.
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