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title: "A Grace After Dinner, Extempore"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1791"
location: "Ellisland"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/a-grace-after-dinner-extempore/"
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# A Grace After Dinner, Extempore

## Poem
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!

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/a-grace-after-dinner-extempore/