Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
Mothers BlessingWilliam Shakespeare (15641616)
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In manners, as in shape! thy blood, and virtue,
Contend for empire in thee; and thy goodness
Share with thy birthright! Love all; trust a few;
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power, than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life’s key: be checked for silence
But never taxed for speech. What heaven more will,
That thee may furnish, and my prayers pluck down,
Fall on thy head!