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title: "Grace After Meat"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1793"
location: "Dumfries"
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/grace-after-meat/"
---

# Grace After Meat

## Poem
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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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/grace-after-meat/