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Poem by Robert Herrick


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.



Robert Herrick


Robert Herrick's other poems:
  1. Upon Shark
  2. To Sir Clipsby Crew
  3. A Country Life: to His Brother, Mr Thomas Herrick
  4. His Last Request to Julia
  5. Things Mortal Still Mutable (Epigram)

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