Living
Grace After Meat
From Poems and Songs, 1793
Living
Lord, we thank, and thee adore,
For temporal gifts we little merit;
At present we will ask no more—
Let William Hislop give the spirit.
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MLA
Burns, Robert. “Grace After Meat.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/407/.
Chicago
Burns, Robert. “Grace After Meat.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/407/.
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