Two Slatterns and a King by Edna St. Vincent Millay - HTML preview

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EPILOGUE

Now that the play is at an end,

By CHANCE you have enjoyed it, friend;

By CHANCE to you his sweet was gall;

By CHANCE you slumbered through it all.

Howe’er it be, it was by CHANCE

The KING was led so merry a dance,

By CHANCE that TIDY met disgrace,

By CHANCE alone SLUT washed her face;

 

From morn to eve the whole day long

It was by CHANCE that things went wrong.

Wherefore, good friends, t’ escape derision,

Be not o’er hasty in your decision,

For he who heedeth not this rule

BY CHANCE HE WILL BE CALLED A FOOL!

 

 

END

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