“A Thanksgiving to God, for his House” by Robert Herrick:
Lord, Thou hast given me a cell
Wherein to dwell,A little house, whose humble roof
Is weather-proof:Under the spars of which I lie
Both soft, and dry;Where Thou my chamber for to ward
Hast set a guardOf harmless thoughts, to watch and keep
Me, while I sleep.Low is my porch, as is my fate,
Both void of state;And yet the threshold of my door
Is worn by th’ poor,Who thither come and freely get
Good words, or meat.Like as my parlour, so my hall
And kitchen’s small;A little buttery, and therein
A little bin,Which keeps my little loaf of bread
Unchipp’d, unflead;Some brittle sticks of thorn or briar
Make me a fire,Close by whose living coal I sit,
And glow like it.Lord, I confess too, when I dine,
The pulse is Thine,And all those other bits, that be
There plac’d by Thee;The worts, the purslain, and the mess
Of water-cress,Which of Thy kindness Thou hast sent;
And my contentMakes those, and my beloved beet,
To be more sweet.‘Tis Thou that crown’st my glittering hearth
With guiltless mirth;And giv’st me wassail-bowls to drink,
Spic’d to the brink.Lord, ’tis Thy plenty-dropping hand
That soils my land;And giv’st me, for my bushel sown,
Twice ten for one;Thou mak’st my teeming hen to lay
Her egg each day;Besides my healthful ewes to bear
Me twins each year;The while the conduits of my kine
Run cream, for wine.All these, and better, Thou dost send
Me, to this end,That I should render, for my part,
A thankful heart,Which, fir’d with incense, I resign,
As wholly Thine;But the acceptance, that must be,
My Christ, by Thee.