English poem
The Olive Branch
Sadly I walk'd within the field, To see what comfort it would yield; And as I went my private way, An olive-branch before me lay; And seeing it, I made a stay, And took it up, and view'd it; then Kissing the omen, said Amen; Be, be it so, and let this be A divination unto me; That in short time my woes shall cease, And love shall crown my end with peace.
More by Robert Herrick
- The New-Year's Gift: Or, Circumcision's Song. Sung To The King In The Presence At Whitehall.
- The Night Piece, To Julia
- The Number Of Two.
- THE OLD WIVES' PRAYER
- The Parasceve, Or Preparation.
- The Parcae; Or, Three Dainty Destinies: The Armilet
- THE PARLIAMENT OF ROSES TO JULIA
- The Parting Verse Or Charge To His Supposed Wife When He Travelled.