Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
Outward and Inward BoundWilliam Shakespeare (1564–1616)
(From Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 6.)
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Are with more spirit chasèd than enjoy’d.
How like a younker or a prodigal
The scarfèd bark puts from her native bay,
Hugg’d and embracèd by the strumpet wind!
How like the prodigal doth she return
With over-weather’d ribs, and ragged sails,
Lean, rent, and beggar’d by the strumpet wind!