Explore "The Wishing Caps" by Rudyard Kipling on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Life's all getting and giving. / I've only myself to give. / What shall I do for a living? / I've only one life to live. / End it? I'll not find another. / Spend it? But how shall I best? / Sure the wise plan is to live like a man / And Luck may look after the rest! / Largesse! Largesse, Fortune! / Give or hold at your will. / If I've no care for Fortune, / Fortune must follow me still.
Bad Luck, she is never a lady, / But the commonest wench on the street, / Shuffling, shabby and shady, / Shameless to pass or meet. / Walk with her once -- it's a weakness! / Talk to her twice -- it's a crime! / Thrust her away when she gives you 'good day,' / And the besom won't board you next time. / Largesse! Largesse, Fortune! / What is Your Ladyship's mood? / If I've no care for Fortune, / My Fortune is bound to be good!