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“Give us our daily bread,”—and was that prayer Unanswered from high Heav’n’s eternal dome? No, poor man, no!—its music entered there, And blessings dropp’d upon our earthly home: Let thy sad eye look round thee everywhere, When the rich showers or golden sunbeams come, And plenty greets thee from the teeming sod— The fruit that blossoms from the hand of God? “Give us our daily bread;” Heaven whispers, “Yes.” “Give us our daily bread;” Earth mutters, “No,” And mocks the weepings of her sons’ distress: Bright hours of change are coming, sure though slow, When pride, and want, and error shall be less, And more of Heaven be registered below; Even now the half of Slavery’s flag is furled, And Thought’s free sunshine circles the wide world.
“Give us our daily bread,”—and was that prayer Unanswered from high Heav’n’s eternal dome? No, poor man, no!—its music entered there, And blessings dropp’d upon our earthly home: Let thy sad eye look round thee everywhere, When the rich showers or golden sunbeams come, And plenty greets thee from the teeming sod— The fruit that blossoms from the hand of God? “Give us our daily bread;” Heaven whispers, “Yes.” “Give us our daily bread;” Earth mutters, “No,” And mocks the weepings of her sons’ distress: Bright hours of change are coming, sure though slow, When pride, and want, and error shall be less, And more of Heaven be registered below; Even now the half of Slavery’s flag is furled, And Thought’s free sunshine circles the wide world.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 89 · printed citation: Burrington · subject: BREAD
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