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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONE WAY OF TRUSTING, by HANNAH PARKER KIMBALL
First Line: Not trust you, dear? Nay, 'tis not true
Last Line: They trust it, dear, because they must.
First Line: Not trust you, dear? Nay, 'tis not true
Last Line: They trust it, dear, because they must.
NOT trust you, dear? Nay, 't is not true.
As sailors trust the shifting sea
From day to day, so I trust you.
They know how smooth the sea can be;
And well they know its treachery
When tempests blow; yet forth they thrust
Their ships, as in security.
They trust it, dear, because they must.
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