Luck is not chance Poem by Emily Dickinson

Luck is not chance

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Luck is not chance
It's Toil
Fortune's expensive smile
Is earned
The Father of the Mine
Is that old-fashioned Coin
We spurned

Emily Dickinson
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
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Suryendu Chaudhury 06 October 2020

An allegory dealing with work and destiny.

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M Asim Nehal 01 January 2019

Excellent poem short n sweet.

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