Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
Prayer to Ben JonsonRobert Herrick (15911674)
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Know I have prayed thee,
For old religion’s sake,
Saint Ben, to aid me.
When I, thy Herrick,
Honoring thee, on my knee
Offer my lyric.
And a new altar;
And thou, Saint Ben, shalt be
Writ in my psalter.