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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.