It is very nice to think
The world is full of meat and drink,
With little children saying grace
In every Christian kind of place.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
[7] From "Poems and Ballads," copyright, 1895, 1896, by Chas. Scribner's Sons.
Inscription for My Little Son's Silver Plate[8]
When thou dost eat from off this plate,
I charge thee be thou temperate;
Unto thine elders at the board
Do thou sweet reverence accord;
And, though to dignity inclined,
Unto the serving-folk be kind;
Be ever mindful of the poor,
Nor turn them hungry from the door;
And unto God, for health and food
And all that in thy life is good,
Give thou thy heart in gratitude.
Eugene Field.
[8] From "The Book of Joyous Children," copyright, 1902, by Chas. Scribner's Sons.