Inscription For My Little Son's Silver Plate

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Title:     Inscription For My Little Son's Silver Plate
Author: Eugene Field [More Titles by Field]

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.

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Eugene Field's poem: Inscription For My Little Son's Silver Plate

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