CHANCE.
That power
Which erring men call Chance.
Comus. MILTON.
Chance will not do the work—Chance sends the breeze;
But if the pilot slumber at the helm,
The very wind that wafts us towards the port
May dash us on the shelves.—The steersman's part is vigilance,
Blow it or rough or smooth.
Fortunes of Nigel. SIR w. SCOTT.
I shall show the cinders of my spirits
Through the ashes of my chance.
Antony and Cleopatra, Act v. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
And grasps the skirts of happy chance.
And breasts the blows of circumstance.
In Memoriam, LXIII. A. TENNYSON.
You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life so that at some future hour
Fact and his dreamings meet.
To His Orphan Grandchildren. V. HUGO.