A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick

233. PRAY AND PROSPER

     First offer incense; then, thy field and meads
     Shall smile and smell the better by thy beads.
     The spangling dew dredged o'er the grass shall be
     Turn'd all to mell and manna there for thee.
     Butter of amber, cream, and wine, and oil,
     Shall run as rivers all throughout thy soil.
     Would'st thou to sincere silver turn thy mould?
     —Pray once, twice pray; and turn thy ground to gold.