Fortune's Name30-10-07

It came and went without repair
Little known save fortune's own
Namesake called Despair

And when there's left for none to care
When all the seeds are sown
It came and went without repair

As courting men seek ladies fair
Upon their lives full grown
Lies the namesake called Despair

Searching for the truth is rare
Among dreamers who have flown
It came and went without repair

Enter in a thoughtful lair
Where sins are all on loan
For the namesake called Despair

And when the sea has met the air
And fortune's fool has met his own
It came and went without repair
This lowly namesake called Despair