Since all the world's great fortune and affairs
Forward and backward rapt and whirled are,
According to the music of the spheres;
And Chance herself her nimble feet upbears
On a round slippery wheel, that rolleth aye.
And turns all states with her imperious sway;


'Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing' (1596) st. 60


Since all the world's great fortune and affairs Forward and backward rapt and whirled are, According to the music of the spheres; And Chance herself...

Since all the world's great fortune and affairs Forward and backward rapt and whirled are, According to the music of the spheres; And Chance herself...

Since all the world's great fortune and affairs Forward and backward rapt and whirled are, According to the music of the spheres; And Chance herself...

Since all the world's great fortune and affairs Forward and backward rapt and whirled are, According to the music of the spheres; And Chance herself...