 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 knee Offer my Lyric. Candles l11 give to thee, And a new altar ; And thou, Saint...  Points of View - Page 253by Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1924 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Drinkwater - 1922 - 288 pages
...pump has frozen to-night, And the pump has frozen to-night." ROBERT GRAVES HIS PRAYER TO BEN JONSON WHEN I a verse shall make, Know I have pray'd thee,...Honouring thee, on my knee Offer my lyric. Candles I 'll give to thee And a new altar, And thou, Saint Ben, shall be Writ in my Psalter. ROBERT HERRICK... | |
 | Jesse Franklin Bradley, Joseph Quincy Adams - 1922 - 492 pages
...Johnson. When I a Verse shall make, Know I have praid thee, For old Religions sake, Saint Ben to aide me. Make the way smooth for me, When I, thy Herrick, Honouring thee, on my knee Offer my Lyrick. And thou Saint Ben, shalt be Writ in my Psalter. [Hesperides, 1648.] Thomas Bradford, 1648.... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1924 - 400 pages
...JONSON WHEN I a Verse shall make, Know I have praid thee, For old Religions sake, Saint Ben to aide me. Make the way smooth for me, When I, thy Herrick, Honouring thee, on my knee Offer my Lyrick. Candles He give to thee, And a new Altar; And thou Saint Ben, shalt be Writ in my Psalter.... | |
 | Achsah Guibbory - 2006 - 304 pages
...WHen I a Verse shall make, Know I have praid thee, For old Religions sake, Saint Ben to aide me. 2. Make the way smooth for me, When I, thy Herrick, Honouring thee, on my knee Offer my Lyrick. 3. Candles He give to thee, And a new Altar; And thou Saint Ben, shall be Writ in my Psalter.... | |
 | Jeffrey Knapp - 2002 - 300 pages
...Jonson complied with Oldisworth's request, Robert Herrick published his "Prayer to Ben. Jonson" (1648): "When I a Verse shall make, / Know I have pray'd thee,.../ For old Religion's sake, / Saint Ben to aid me." A few years later, Herrick's fellow Tribe member Samuel Sheppard (165 1) insisted that "Ben" would... | |
 | David Mikics - 2008 - 364 pages
...epitaph). When I a Verse shall make, Know I have praied thee, For old Religions sake, Saint Ben to aide me. Make the way smooth for me, When I, thy Herrick, Honouring thee, on my knee Offer my Lyrick. ("His Prayer to Ben Johnson.") sophists Wandering teachers of the art of persuasion who arrived... | |
 | 1910 - 878 pages
...aspect of his character and makes a beautiful part of his verse. 'His prayer to Ben Jonson' (604), "When I a verse shall make, Know I have pray'd thee,...me. Make the way smooth for me, When I, thy Herrick, Honoring thee, on my knee, Offer my lyric," shows how he maintained the spirit of pupil and disciple.... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich - 1907 - 356 pages
...Jonson:" When I a verse shall make, Know I have praid thee For old religion's sake, Saint Ben, to aide me. Make the way smooth for me, When I, thy Herrick,...Honouring thee, on my knee Offer my lyric. Candles I 'll give to thee, And a new altar ; And thou, Saint Ben, shalt be Writ in my Psalter. On September... | |
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