Song + 

I + 

Fortune’s Malice + 

Mad Fortune sweeps along in wanton pride, + 

Uncertain as Euripus’ surging tide; + 

Now tramples mighty kings beneath her feet; + 

Now sets the conquered in the victor’s seat. + 

She heedeth not the wail of hapless woe, + 

But mocks the griefs that from her mischief flow. + 

Such is her sport; so proveth she her power; + 

And great the marvel, when in one brief hour + 

She shows her darling lifted high in bliss, + 

Then headlong plunged in misery’s abyss. + 