A Boy heedless slept by the well
By Dame Fortune awaked, truth to tell,
Said she, "Hadst been drowned,
'Twould have surely been found
This by Fortune, not Folly befel."
Fortune Is Not Answerable For Our Want Of Foresight
Fortvne And The Boy
Walter Crane
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