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Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
Let those deplore their doom,
Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn:
But lofty souls, who read more
Let those deplore their doom,
Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn:
But lofty souls, who look beyond the tomb,
Can smile at Fate, and wonder how they mourn.
Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of
them will be what they will be; why read more
Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of
them will be what they will be; why then should we desire to be
deceived?
We create our fate every day we live
We create our fate every day we live
Success, the mark no mortal wit,
Or surest hand, can always hit:
For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,
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Success, the mark no mortal wit,
Or surest hand, can always hit:
For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,
We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate,
Which in success oft disinherits,
For spurious causes, noblest merits.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
