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[Death in the pot! 'tis always there]

There is death in the pot. —iv. 40.

Death in the pot! 'tis always there,
The bane of all our food,
When we partake it without fear,
Without an eye to God:
Unless He sanctify the meat,
And bless us from the sky,
Unless we to His glory eat,
Our souls by eating die.