Living
Distrust.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
TO safe-guard Man from wrongs, there nothing must
Be truer to him, then a wise Distrust.
And to thy selfe be best this sentence knowne,
Heare all men speak; but credit few or none.
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Herrick, Robert. “Distrust.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/178/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Distrust.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/178/.
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