Living
Good and Bad Luck
Translated by John Hay · From Translations
Living
Good luck is the gayest of all gay girls,
Long in one place she will not stay,
Back from your brow she strokes the curls,
Kisses you quick and flies away.
But Madame Bad Luck soberly comes
And stays,--no fancy has she for flitting,--
Snatches of true love-songs she hums,
And sits by your bed, and brings her knitting.
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Hay, John. “Good and Bad Luck.” Translated by John Hay. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hay/72/.
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Hay, John. “Good and Bad Luck.” Translated by John Hay. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hay/72/.
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