Master of human destinies am I!

Fame, Love, and fortune on my footsteps wait.

Cities and fields I walk I penetrate

Deserts and seas remote, and passing by

Hovel and mart, and place-soon or late

I know unbidden once at every gate!

I sleeping, wake if feasting, rise before

I turn away. It is the hour of fate,

Mortals desire, and conquer every foe

Condemned to failure, penury and woe,

Seek me in vain and uselessly implore,

I answer not, and I return no more!