10. His Prayer to Ben Jonson
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 kneeOffer my Lyric.
Candles I’ll give to thee,And a new altar;And thou, Saint Ben, shalt beWrit in my psalter.