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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRUST, by FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Better trust all and be deceived Last Line: Than lose the blessed hope of truth. Alternate Author Name(s): Butler, Frances Anne; Kemble, Fanny Variant Title(s): Faith Subject(s): Disappointment; Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology | |||
Better trust all and be deceived, And weep that trust and that deceiving, Than doubt one heart that, if believed, Had blessed one's life with true believing. O, in this mocking world too fast The doubting fiend o'ertakes our youth; Better be cheated to the last Than lose the blessed hope of truth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY |
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