A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick






30. THE OLD WIVES' PRAYER

     Holy-Rood, come forth and shield
     Us i' th' city and the field;
     Safely guard us, now and aye,
     From the blast that burns by day;
     And those sounds that us affright
     In the dead of dampish night;
     Drive all hurtful fiends us fro,
     By the time the cocks first crow.

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