Living

The Olive Branch.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

SAdly I walk't within the field,
To see what comfort it wo'd yeeld:
And as I went my private way,
An Olive-branch before me lay:
And seeing it, I made a stay.
And took it up, and view'd it; then
Kissing the Omen, said Amen:
Be, be it so, and let this be
A Divination unto me:
That in short time my woes shall cease;
And Love shall crown my End with Peace.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “The Olive Branch.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/188/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “The Olive Branch.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/188/.

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