He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.

He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.

Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.

Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse
causeless shall not come.

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse
causeless shall not come.

Every one is the architect of his own fortune.

Every one is the architect of his own fortune.

Stern fate and time
Will have their victims; and the best die first,
Leaving the bad still read more

Stern fate and time
Will have their victims; and the best die first,
Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime,
To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd
Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst.

Here's a sigh to those who love me,
And a smile to those who hate;
And whatever read more

Here's a sigh to those who love me,
And a smile to those who hate;
And whatever sky's above me,
Here's a heart for every fate.

To bear is to conquer our fate.

To bear is to conquer our fate.

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up
another.

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up
another.

Fate has carried me
'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--
Not shrink and let read more

Fate has carried me
'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--
Not shrink and let the shaft pass by my breast
To pierce another.