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Famous Distrusting Poems by Famous Poets

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...ncountering meets the mutual gaze 
Of keen inquiry, and of mute amaze; 
On Lara's glance emotion gathering grew, 
As if distrusting that the stranger threw; 
Along the stranger's aspect fix'd and stern 
Flash'd more than thence the vulgar eye could learn. 

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"'Tis he!" the stranger cried, and those that heard 
Re-echo'd fast and far the whisper'd word. 
"'Tis he!" — "'Tis who?" they question far and near, 
Till louder accents rang on Lara's ear; 
So widely ...Read more of this...
by Byron, George (Lord)



...e event with marble. Could it mean
To last, a love set pendulous between
Sorrow and sorrow? Nay, I rather thrilled,
Distrusting every light that seemed to gild
The onward path, and feared to overlean
A finger even. And, though I have grown serene
And strong since then, I think that God has willed
A still renewable fear . . . O love, O troth . . .
Lest these enclasped hands should never hold,
This mutual kiss drop down between us both
As an unow...Read more of this...
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
...lf their wish obtain,
The toiling pleasure sickens into pain;
And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy,
The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy.

Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey
The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay,
'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand
Between a splendid and a happy land.
Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore,
And shouting Folly hails them from her shore;
Hoards even beyond the miser's wish abound,...Read more of this...
by Goldsmith, Oliver

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