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Dame Fortune! all your acts and deeds confess

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Dame Fortune! all your acts and deeds confess by Omar Khayyam

Dame Fortune! all your acts and deeds confess
That you are foul oppression's votaress;
You cherish bad men, and annoy the good;
Is this from dotage, or sheer foolishness?

Form: Lyric

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