A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick

10. HIS PRAYER TO BEN JONSON

     When I a verse shall make,
     Know I have pray'd thee,
     For old religion's sake,
     Saint Ben, to aid me

     Make the way smooth for me,
     When, I, thy Herrick,
     Honouring thee on my knee
     Offer my Lyric.

     Candles I'll give to thee,
     And a new altar;
     And thou, Saint Ben, shalt be
     Writ in my psalter.