The Old Wives Prayer
Read 'The Old Wives Prayer' by 'Robert Herrick' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.
Holy-Rood, come forth and shield
Us i' th' city and the field;
Safely guard us, now and aye,
From the blast that burns by day;
And those sounds that us affright
In the dead of dampish night;
Drive all hurtful fiends us fro,
By the time the cocks first crow.
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