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1782 · Poem

Fickle Fortune: A Fragment


Though fickle Fortune has deceived me,She pormis’d fair and perform’d but ill;Of mistress, friends, and wealth bereav’d me,Yet I bear a heart shall support me still.
I’ll act with prudence as far ’s I’m able,But if success I must never find,Then come misfortune, I bid thee welcome,I’ll meet thee with an undaunted mind.
Year
1782
Form
Poem
Location
Lochlea
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns