Versos English John Hamilton Moore Gratitude

English poem

Gratitude

by (1738–1807)

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My father!—Oh! let me unlade my breast; Pour out the fulness of my soul before you; Shew ev'ry tender, ev'ry grateful thought, This wond'rous goodness stirs. But, 'tis impossible, And utt'rance all is vile; since I can only Swear you reign here, but never tell how much.