NO SHIPWRECK OF VIRTUE.
TO A FRIEND.
by Robert Herrick

THOU sail'st with others in this Argus here ;
Nor wreck or bulging thou hast cause to fear ;
But trust to this, my noble passenger ;
Who swims with virtue, he shall still he sure
(Ulysses-like) all tempests to endure,
And 'midst a thousand gulfs to be secure.


Argus, the name of Jason's ship.
Bulging, leaving.


Jacob van Ruisdael. Rough Sea, Detail. 1670.
Jacob van Ruisdael.
Rough Sea, Detail. 1670.
From CGFA.

Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 26.
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