Happy Thanksgiving!

For flowers that bloom about our feet,


For tender grass so fresh and sweet,

For the song of bird and hum of bee,

For all things fair we hear or see,

Father in heaven, we thank Thee.



For blue of stream and blue of sky,

For pleasant shade of branches high,

For fragrant air and cooling breeze,

For beauty of the blooming trees,

Father in heaven we thank Thee.



For this new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food, for love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends,

Father in heaven, we thank Thee.





Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882