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First Line: The fickle seat whereon proud fortune sits
Last Line: Of such as trust to fortune or to fate.
Subject(s): Fate; Fortune; Destiny


THE fickle seat whereon proud Fortune sits,
The restless globe whereon the Fury stands,
Bewrays her fond and far inconstant fits;
The fruitful horn she handleth in her hands
Bids all beware to fear her flattering smiles,
That giveth most when most she meaneth guiles;
The wheel that, turning, never taketh rest,
The top whereof fond worldlings count their bliss,

Within a minute makes a black exchange,
And then the vile and lowest better is:
Which emblem tells us the inconstant state
Of such as trust to Fortune or to Fate.





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