‘To seek his fortune?’ ‘Fortune!’ is he mad?
Has he the knowledge? is he duly taught?
I think we know how Fortune should be sought.
Perhaps he takes his chance to sink or swim;
Perhaps he dreams of Fortune’s seeking him?
Life is his lottery, and away he flies,
Without a ticket to obtain his prize; 30
But never man acquired a weighty sum,
Without foreseeing whence it was to come.”
Fortunes are made, if I the facts may state—