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“All things that are, Are with more spirit chased than enjoy'd. How like a younker or a prodigal The scarfed bark puts from her native bay, Hugg'd and embraced 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!”
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- Type:
- play
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 4570a9389274c1745f98cb4492b1b3db76eb3acae868608dc3fff53ed7795761
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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