The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne/47

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The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne
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3189662The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord LansdowneGeorge Granville
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FORTUNE.
EPIGRAM.

When Fortune ſeems to ſmile, ’t is then I fear
Some lurking ill, and hidden miſchief near:
Us’d to her frowns, I ſtand upon my guard,3
And, arm’d in virtue, keep my ſoul prepar’d.
Fickle and falſe to others ſhe may be,
I can complain but of her conſtancy.6

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