Idylls Of The King: Song From The Marriage Of Geraint



Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud;
  Turn thy wild wheel thro' sunshine, storm, and cloud;
  Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate.

        Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel with smile or frown;
  With that wild wheel we go not up or down;
  Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great.

        Smile and we smile, the lords of many lands;
  Frown and we smile, the lords of our own hands;
  For man is man and master of his fate.

        Turn, turn thy wheel above the staring crowd;
  Thy wheel and thou are shadows in the cloud;
  Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aaB ccb ddb aaB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 599
Words 111
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3

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