Living
Fortune Smiles
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Fortune smiles, cry holyday!
Dimples on her cheeks do dwell.
Fortune frowns, cry well-a-day!
Her love is heaven, her hate is hell.
Since heaven and hell obey her power,
Tremble when her eyes do lower:
Since heaven and hell her power obey,
When she smiles cry holyday!
Holyday with joy we cry,
And bend, and bend, and merrily
Sing hymns to Fortune's deity,
Sing hymns to Fortune's deity.
All. Let us sing merrily, merrily, merrily!
With our song let heaven resound,
Fortune's hands our heads have crowned:
Let us sing merrily, merrily, merrily!
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MLA
Dekker, Thomas. “Fortune Smiles.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dekker/3/.
Chicago
Dekker, Thomas. “Fortune Smiles.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dekker/3/.
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