The Devil's Dictionary: Prospect

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
PROPHECY
PROVIDENTIAL

PROSPECT

-n.

An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden.

Blow, blow, ye spicy breezes —
O'er Ceylon blow your breath,
Where every prospect pleases,
Save only that of death.

- Bishop Sheber

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