His Prayer To Ben Jonson
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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.