Living
Let Fools Place Fortune with the Gods on High
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
Let fools place Fortune with the Gods on high,
Prudence, be thou my guardian deity.
I have neglected thee, alas, too long!
But listen now and hear life's evensong.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Let Fools Place Fortune with the Gods on High.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/922/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Let Fools Place Fortune with the Gods on High.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/922/.
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