The Pilgrimage by Sir Walter Raleigh
Raleigh read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\n\n---------------------------------------------\n\nThe Pilgrimage\nby Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 \u2013 1618)\n\nGive me my scallop-shell of quiet,\n My staff of faith to walk upon,\nMy scrip of joy, immortal diet,\n My bottle of salvation,\nMy gown of glory, hope's true gage;\nAnd thus I'll take my pilgrimage.\nBlood must be my body's balmer;\n No other balm will there be given:\nWhilst my soul, like quiet palmer,\n Travelleth towards the land of heaven;\nOver the silver mountains,\nWhere spring the nectar fountains;\n There will I kiss\n The bowl of bliss;\nAnd drink mine everlasting fill\nUpon every milken hill.\nMy soul will be a-dry before;\nBut, after, it will thirst no more.