Sunday, September 1, 2024

A Labor Day Prayer

O let us love our occupations,
Bless the squire and his relations,
Live upon our daily rations,
And always know our proper stations.

        Charles Dickens, The Chimes, “The Second Quarter”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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