Poem by Robert Herrick

The Olive Branch

Sadly I walk'd within the field,
To see what comfort it would yield;
And as I went my private way,
An olive-branch before me lay;
And seeing it, I made a stay,
And took it up, and view'd it; then
Kissing the omen, said Amen;
Be, be it so, and let this be
A divination unto me;
That in short time my woes shall cease,
And love shall crown my end with peace.

1. Four Things Make Us Happy Here
2. Love, What It Is
3. Upon Man
4. Casualties
5. Felicity Quick of Flight

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