Social Commentaries
A Grace After Dinner, Extempore
From Poems and Songs, 1791
Social Commentaries
O thou, in whom we live and move—
Who made the sea and shore;
Thy goodness constantly we prove,
And grateful would adore;
And, if it please Thee, Power above!
Still grant us, with such store,
The friend we trust, the fair we love—
And we desire no more. Amen!
Cite this poem
MLA
Burns, Robert. “A Grace After Dinner, Extempore.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/353/.
Chicago
Burns, Robert. “A Grace After Dinner, Extempore.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/353/.
Read this poem with the Codex →