Travelling. William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Introductory. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. 1876-79. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes. England: Vols. I-IV

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79.

Introductory

Travelling

William Shakespeare (1564–1616)


(From The Two Gentlemen of Verona) CEASE to persuade, my loving Proteus;
Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits:
Were ’t not affection chains thy tender days
To the sweet glances of thy honored love,
I rather would entreat thy company	5
To see the wonders of the world abroad,
Than living dully sluggardized at home,
Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness.