BEING ONCE BLIND, HIS REQUEST TO BIANCHA.
by Robert Herrick

WHEN age or chance has made me blind,
So that the path I cannot find,
And when my falls and stumblings are
More than the stones i' th' street by far,
Go thou afore, and I shall well
Follow thy perfumes by the smell ;
Or be my guide, and I shall be
Led by some light that flows from thee.
Thus held or led by thee, I shall
In ways confus'd nor slip or fall.

Juan Antonio Escalante.  An Angel Awakens the Prophet Elijah, 1667.
Juan Antonio Escalante.
An Angel Awakens the Prophet Elijah, 1667.
From CGFA.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 38.


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