For richest and best Is the wine of the West, That grows by the Beautiful River; Whose sweet perfume Fills all the room With a benison on the giver.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
At the close of which we shall accord, By way of benison and reward, The sight of a holy Martyr's bones!
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
None of these mine; so I give him my benison, Turning reluctantly back to my work.
"Something Else Again"
Franklin P. Adams