For those my unbaptized rhymes, <br />Writ in my wild unhallowed times, <br />For every sentence, clause, and word, <br />That's not inlaid with Thee, my Lord, <br />Forgive me, God, and blot each line <br />Out of my book, that is not Thine. <br />But if, 'mongst all, Thou find'st here one <br />Worthy thy benediction, <br />That one of all the rest shall be <br />The glory of my work, and me.<br /><br />Robert Herrick<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/his-prayer-for-absolution/
