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Ebenezer Elliott on Fate

1781–1849 England

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Stern fate and time
Will have their victims; and the best die first,
Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime,
To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd,
Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ebenezer Elliott (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.