Living

Pray and prosper.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

FIrst offer Incense, then thy field and meads
Shall smile and smell the better by thy beads.
The spangling Dew dreg'd o're the grasse shall be
Turn'd all to Mell, and Manna there for thee.
Butter of Amber, Cream, and Wine, and Oile
Shall run, as rivers all throughout thy soyl.
Wod'st thou to sincere-silver turn thy mold?
Pray once, twice pray; and turn thy ground to gold.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Pray and prosper.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/372/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Pray and prosper.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/372/.

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