Fickle Fortune: A Fragment

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    fickle fortune: a fragment
    though fickle fortune has deceived me,
    she pormis'd fair and perform'd but ill;
    of mistress, friends, and wealth bereav'd me,
    yet i bear a heart shall support me still.
    i'll act with prudence as far 's i'm able,
    but if success i must never find,
    then come misfortune, i bid thee welcome,
    i'll meet thee with an undaunted mind.