| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | My Pilgrimage | | XX. Sir Walter Raleigh |
| | | GIUE me my scallop-shell of quiet, | |
| My staffe of faith to walk upon, | |
| My scrip of ioye, (immortal diet!) | |
| My bottle of saluation, | |
| My gowne of glory, hope’s true gage; | 5 |
| —And thus I take my pilgrimage. | |
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| Blood must be my body’s balmer, | |
| While my soule, like peaceful palmer, | |
| Travelleth towards the land of heauen: | |
| Other balm will not be giuen. | 10 |
| Over the silver mountains, | |
| Where spring the nectar-fountains, | |
| There will I kiss | |
| The bowle of bliss, | |
| And drink mine everlasting fill | 15 |
| Upon euery milken hill: | |
| My soule will be adry before, | |
| But after that will thirst no more. * * * * * * * | | | | |
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