A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1791 · Poem

A Grace After Dinner, Extempore


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!
Year
1791
Form
Poem
Location
Ellisland
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns