Love

Turn, Fortune, Turn Thy Wheel

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809–1892

From Victorian Songs (1895)

Love

Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel and lower the proud;
Turn thy wild wheel thro' sunshine, storm, and cloud;
Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate.

Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel with smile or frown;
With that wild wheel we go not up or down;
Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great.

Smile and we smile, the lords of many lands;
Frown and we smile, the lords of our own hands;
For man is man and master of his fate.

Turn, turn thy wheel above the staring crowd;
Thy wheel and thou are shadows in the cloud;
Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate.

MLA

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Turn, Fortune, Turn Thy Wheel.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/295/.

Chicago

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Turn, Fortune, Turn Thy Wheel.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/295/.

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