The Peep of Day

by Favell Lee Mortimer

We ought to thank God for the food we eat: before we eat breakfast, or dinner, or supper, we should say, I thank thee, O Lord, for this nice food.

Behold where on the green hill spread,

Close by the water-side,

The hungry multitudes are fed,

At peaceful eventide.

Upon the grass they sit at ease,

In rows of ten times ten,

Women with children on their knees,

Besides five thousand men.