Living

The Spell.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

HOly Water come and bring;
Cast in Salt, for seasoning:
Set the Brush for sprinkling:
Sacred Spittle bring ye hither;
Meale and it now mix together;
And a little Oyle to either:
Give the Tapers here their light,
Ring the Saints-Bell, to affright
Far from hence the evill Sp'rite.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “The Spell.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/778/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “The Spell.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/778/.

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