Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FAIRE SHEWES DECEIVE, by ROBERT HERRICK



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First Line: Smooth was the sea, and seem'd to call
Last Line: Who, kissing, kill such saints as these?
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean


Smooth was the Sea, and seem'd to call
To prettie girles to play withall:
Who padling there, the Sea soone frown'd,
And on a sudden both were drown'd.
What credit can we give to seas,
Who, kissing, kill such Saints as these?





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