 | The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne |  |
Delia.
On Fate alone depends Success,
And Fancy, Reason over-rules,
Or why should Virtue ever miss
Reward, so often giv'n to Fools?
And Fancy, Reason over-rules,
Or why should Virtue ever miss
Reward, so often giv'n to Fools?
'Tis not the Valiant, nor the Witty,
But who alone is born to please;
Love does predestinate our Pity,
We choose but whom he first decrees.
But who alone is born to please;
Love does predestinate our Pity,
We choose but whom he first decrees.
| The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne | |