SAFETY ON THE SHORE.
by Robert Herrick


WHAT though the sea be calm ?  Trust to the shore ;
Ships have been drown'd where late they danc'd before.



Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 104.


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