dots-menu
×

Home  »  The Poetical Works by William Blake  »  Mr. Cromek to Mr. Stothard: Fortune favours the brave, old proverbs say

William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908.

On Friends and Foes

Mr. Cromek to Mr. Stothard: Fortune favours the brave, old proverbs say

XIX
FORTUNE favours the brave, old proverbs say;

But not with money; that is not the way.

Turn back! turn back! you travel all in vain;

Turn through the iron gate down Sneaking Lane.