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SONGS, SET TO MUSIC BY THE MOST EMINENT MASTERS: 24, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Well! I will never more complain
Last Line: Without the least regret.
Subject(s): Fates (mythology); Grief; Wisdom; Sorrow; Sadness


WELL! I will never more complain,
Or call the fates unkind;
Alas, how fond it is, how vain!
But self-conceitedness does reign
In every mortal mind.

'Tis true they long did me deny,
Nor would permit a sight;
I raged; for I could not espy,
Or think that any harm could lie
Disguised in that delight.

At last, my wishes to fulfill,
They did their power resign;
I saw her; but I wish I still
Had been obedient to their will,
And they not unto mine.

Yet I by this have learned the wit,
Never to grieve or fret;
Contentedly I will submit,
And think that best which they think fit,
Without the least regret.





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