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AlexOm

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A saying, or a poem has occupied my mind. I'm not quite sure it was an English poem, but... Once I had learned it by heart, but now I could remember only a couple of words.

Fortune (or love maybe)

A useless thing that cannot fling
... ... .... .... .
Accompanied by ... death (of not death)
That (who) feeds itself on one's despair.
 
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AlexOm said:
A saying, or a poem has occupied my mind. I'm not quite sure it was an English poem, but... Once I had learned it by heart, but now I can remember only a couple of words.

Fortune (or love maybe)

A useless thing that cannot fling
... ... .... .... .
Accompanied by ... death (of not death)
That (who) feeds itself on one's despair.
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Fortune smiled on me once, and then she took me into her arms.
:)
 
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Forgive me for being extremely slow,(and dumb) ,RonBee
so this is definitely no John Donne ?
 
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beascarpetta said:
Forgive me for being extremely slow,(and dumb) ,RonBee
so this is definitely no John Donne ?
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For all I know it could have been John Donne ("Death be not proud.")

~R
 
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