THE

LOTTERY OF LIFE.

BY

THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON.

After long stormes and tempests overblowne,
The Sunne at length his joyous face doth cleare:
So when as Fortune all her spight hath showne,
Some blissful hours at last must needes appeare,
Else should afflicted wights ofttimes despeere.

SPENSER'S FAERY QUEENE.

IN THREE VOLUMES,

VOL. I.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,

GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1842.

PRINTED BY WILLIAM WILCOCKSON, ROLLS BUILDINGS, FETTER LANE.