Living
Fortune favours.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
FOrtune did never favour one
Fully, without exception;
Though free she be, ther's something yet
Still wanting to her Favourite.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Fortune favours.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/521/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Fortune favours.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/521/.
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