Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
PilgrimageSir Walter Raleigh (1554?1618)
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My staff of Faith to walk upon,
My scrip of Joy, immortal diet;
My bottle of salvation;
My Gown of Glory, (Hope’s true gage)
And thus I’ll take my pilgrimage.
Whilst my soul, like a quiet Palmer,
Travelleth towards the land of Heaven;
No other balm will there he given.
Over the silver mountains
Where spring the nectar fountains,
There will I kiss
The bowl of bliss,
And drink mine everlasting fill,
Upon every milken hill;
My soul will be a-dry before,
But after, it will thirst no more.