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GOOD FORTUNE by HEINRICH HEINE

First Line: GOOD FORTUNE IS A GIDDY MAID
Last Line: SITS BY YOUR BED -- AND BRINGS HER KNITTING.

GOOD FORTUNE is a giddy maid,
Fickle and restless as a fawn;
She smooths your hair; and then the jade
Kisses you quickly, and is gone.

But Madam Sorrow scorns all this;
She shows no eagerness for flitting,
But with a long and fervent kiss
Sits by your bed -- and brings her knitting.



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