by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Romantic · Short · 9 linesfaith
FROM THE GREEK. A man who was about to hang himself, Finding a purse, then threw away his rope; The owner, coming to reclaim his pelf, The halter found; and used it. So is Hope Changed for Despair--one laid upon the shelf, We take the other. Under Heaven's high cope Fortune is God--all you endure and do Depends on circumstance as much as you.
Public domain. Source: PoetryDB. Reproduced verbatim; see theanthology for the full collection.
Matched by documented rules, not taste: two points for every theme tag a poem shares with Circumstance, one point for the same era, one for a similar length.
Shares: faith, Romantic era, short · 8 lines
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Shares: faith, Romantic era, short · 14 lines
Shares: faith, short · 14 lines
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