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NO SHIPWRECK OF VIRTUE. TO A FRIEND by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOU SAIL'ST WITH OTHERS, IN THIS ARGUS HERE
Last Line: AND 'MIDST A THOUSAND GULFS TO BE SECURE.
Subject(s): DISASTERS; SHIPWRECKS;
Thou sail'st with others, in this Argus here;
Nor wrack, or Bulging thou hast cause to feare:
But trust to this, my noble passenger;
Who swims with Vertue, he shall still be sure
(Ulysses-like) all tempests to endure;
And 'midst a thousand gulfs to be secure.



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