Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

SALUTATION by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: CHRIST, I HAVE READ, DID TO HIS CHAPLAINS SAY
Last Line: SALUTE WE MUST, NOR STRANGERS, KIN, OR FRIENDS.
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST;
Christ, I have read, did to His Chaplains say,
Sending them forth, Salute no man by th' way:
Not, that He taught His Ministers to be
Unsmooth, or sowre, to all civilitie;
But to instruct them, to avoid all snares
Of tardidation in the Lords Affaires.
Manners are good: but till his errand ends,
Salute we must, nor Strangers, Kin, or Friends.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net