When I a verse shall make, <br />Know I have pray'd thee, <br />For old religion's sake, <br />Saint Ben to aid me. <br /> <br />Make the way smooth for me, <br />When I, thy Herrick, <br />Honouring thee, on my knee <br />Offer my lyric. <br /> <br />Candles I'll give to thee, <br />And a new altar, <br />And thou, Saint Ben, shalt be <br />Writ in my psalter.<br /><br />Robert Herrick<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/his-prayer-to-ben-jonson/
