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Robert Herrick (1591-1674)2653901The Hesperides & Noble NumbersHesperides
The Olive Branch
1898Alfred Pollard

187. 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.