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Poem by Robert Herrick


Safety on the Shore


What though the sea be calm?  Trust to the shore;
Ships have been drown’d, where late they danced before.



Robert Herrick


Robert Herrick's other poems:
  1. To Carnations: a Song
  2. The Changes: to Corinna
  3. The Apron of Flowers
  4. The Lily in a Crystal
  5. The Bag of the Bee


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