From the Greek. <br /> <br />A man who was about to hang himself, <br />Finding a purse, then threw away his rope; <br />The owner, coming to reclaim his pelf, <br />The halter found; and used it. So is Hope <br />Changed for Despair--one laid upon the shelf, <br />We take the other. Under Heaven’s high cope <br />Fortune is God—all you endure and do <br />Depends on circumstance as much as you.<br /><br />Percy Bysshe Shelley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/epigram-iv-circumstance/
