Poem - Sir Walter Raleigh - The Pilgrimage

A poem dedicated to the pilgrimage of St James - Santiago de Compostela in Spain.  

Scallop shell sticker - located on the back

of my Honda Fit - it takes me on all my

journeys as a priest throughout the countryside

of the Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi. 

Sir Walter Raleigh (1604)

The Pilgrimage

Give me my scallop-shell of quiet,

My staff of faith to walk upon,

My scrip of joy, immortal diet,

Bottle of salvation,

My gown of glory, hope's true gage;

And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.

There will I kiss

The bowl of bliss;

And drink mine everlasting fill

Upon every milken hill.

My soul will be a-dry before;

But, after, it will thirst no more.