Poem A Day

Classic poem

Circumstance

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

FROM THE GREEK.

A man who was about to hang himself,

Finding a purse, then threw away his rope;

The owner, coming to reclaim his pelf,

The halter found; and used it. So is Hope

Changed for Despair--one laid upon the shelf,

We take the other. Under Heaven's high cope

Fortune is God--all you endure and do

Depends on circumstance as much as you.

deathhopefaithidentitychoice
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About this poem

First line
FROM THE GREEK.
Poet
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Themes
death, hope, faith, identity

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