Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
Christian MilitantRobert Herrick (15911674)
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That dares to dead the fire of martyrdom;
That sleeps at home, and sailing there at ease,
Fears not the fierce sedition of the seas;
That’s counterproof against the farm’s mishaps;
Undreadful too of courtly thunder-claps;
That wears one face, like heaven, and never shows
A change, when fortune either comes or goes;
That keeps his own strong guard, in the despite
Of what can hurt by day, or harm by night;
That takes and re-delivers every stroke
Of chance, as made up all of rock and oak;
That sighs at other’s death, smiles at his own
Most dire and horrid crucifixion;
Who for true glory suffers thus, we grant
Him to be here our Christian militant.