Sir Walter Raleigh quote from A Matter of Life and Death

Before the poem, a lesson in how to die, from Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death:     Sir Walter Raleigh. 1552–1618

77. His Pilgrimage

GIVE me my scallop-shell of quiet,
My staff of faith to walk upon,
My scrip of joy, immortal diet,
My bottle of salvation,
My gown of glory, hope's true gage;	5
And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.
Blood must be my body's balmer;
No other balm will there be given:
Whilst my soul, like quiet palmer,
Travelleth towards the land of heaven;	10
Over the silver mountains,
Where spring the nectar fountains;
There will I kiss
The bowl of bliss;
And drink mine everlasting fill	15
Upon every milken hill.
My soul will be a-dry before;
But, after, it will thirst no more.