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SAFETY ON THE SHORE by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT THOUGH THE SEA BE CALME? TRUST TO THE SHORE
Last Line: SHIPS HAVE BEEN DROWN'D, WHERE LATE THEY DANC'T BEFORE.
Subject(s): SEA; OCEAN;

What though the sea be calme? Trust to the shore:
Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc't before.



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