Whatever we think on it fortune's but a toy
- DMI number:
- 33826
- First Line:
- Whatever we think on it fortune's but a toy
- Last Line:
- And scorns the fickle deity of fools
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet
- Themes:
- Fate / fortune / providence
- Author:
- Elizabeth Carter
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Carter (1738): 15-18.
- First Line:
- Grant but ten thousand pounds Philaurus cries
- Last Line:
- And void of that a monarch's wealth is poor
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- The new foundling hospital for wit ... Part the fifth [T139945] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.161-162
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By The Same [Not In Her Poems.] [i.e. Carter]
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- Title:
- The new foundling hospital for wit ... Part the sixth [N51896] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.161-162
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [Not In Her Poems.] [i.e. Carter]
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
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