The Poetry Corner

To The Most Illustrious And Most Hopeful Prince. Charles, Prince Of Wales.

By Robert Herrick

Well may my book come forth like public day When such a light as you are leads the way, Who are my work's creator, and alone The flame of it, and the expansion. And look how all those heavenly lamps acquire Light from the sun, that inexhausted fire, So all my morn and evening stars from you Have their existence, and their influence too. Full is my book of glories; but all these By you become immortal substances.