Command the Roofe great Genius, and from thence Into this house powre downe thy influence, That through each room a golden pipe may run Of living water by thy Benizon. Fulfill the Larders, and with strengthning bread Be evermore these Bynns replenished. Next, like a Bishop consecrate my ground, That luckie Fairies here may dance their Round: And after that, lay downe some silver pence, The Masters charge and care to recompence. Charme then the chambers; make the beds for ease, More then for peevish pining sicknesses. Fix the foundation fast, and let the Roofe Grow old with time, but yet keep weather-proofe. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RUBAIYAT, 1889 EDITION: 19 by OMAR KHAYYAM THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 38. THE MORROW'S MESSAGE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI SONNET: 10 by RICHARD BARNFIELD SS. SIMON & JUDE by JOSEPH BEAUMONT LOST BUT FOUND by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR THOMAS A KEMPIS: DE IMITATIONE CHRISTI by RICHARD ROGERS BOWKER AFTER HARVEST by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE THE LITTLE FRIEND; WRITTEN IN THE BOOK WHICH SHE MADE & SENT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |