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Epigrams: Divine and Moral

By Sir Thomas Vrchard

Urquhart, Thomas (1611-1660)

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3 A brave spirit disdaineth the threats of Fortune.

No man of resolution, will endure
His liberty in Fortunes hands to thrall;
For he's not free, o'r whom she hath least pow'r:
But over whom she hath no pow'r at all:
Nor hath she any chaine, wherewith to bind,
The inclination of a noble mind.