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DISTRUST (1) by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: TO SAFE-GUARD MAN FROM WRONGS, THERE NOTHING MUST
Last Line: HEARE ALL MEN SPEAK; BUT CREDIT FEW OR NONE.
Subject(s): DISTRUST;
To safe-guard Man from wrongs, there nothing must
Be truer to him, then a wise Distrust.
And to thy selfe be best this sentence knowne,
Heare all men speak; but credit few or none.



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