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Household Verses

By Bernard Barton

Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)

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[dedication]

HOUSEHOLD VERSES.

SONNETS, WRITTEN AT BURSTAL.

[section]

SILENT OR QUAKER GRACES.

[To these Thy gifts, and all to Thee we owe]

[Father, we thank Thee! from Thy bounteous store]

[Whether we eat, or drink, or whatsoever]

IN PROSPERITY.

IN ADVERSITY—OF GOD'S APPOINTING.

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IN ADVERSITY—OF GOD'S APPOINTING.

I opened not my mouth, for it was Thou,
O Lord! who didst it; and Thou canst not err:
Enable me unto Thy will to bow,
And be, Thyself, Thy rod's interpreter!