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First Line: There is so much strong men are thankful for
Last Line: My thanks for these thy little blessings' sake.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; God; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; Sabbath; Thanksgiving; Women; Sunday


THERE is so much strong men are thankful for --
A nation's progress, or a slow strife's end;
And though I join my praise with theirs to-day,
Grave things are these I scarce can comprehend,
So vast are they;
And so apart, dear God, I pray Thee take
My thanks for these Thy little blessings' sake.

The little, common joys of every day,
My garden blowing in an April wind,
A linnet's greeting and the morning fall
Of happy sunshine through the opened blind,
The poplars tall
That guard my threshold, and the peace that falls
Like Sabbath stillness from my humble walls.

The little, simple joys that we forget
Until we lose them; for the lamp that lights
The pages of the books I love the best,
The hearth's red welcoming on winter nights,
The kindly jest
That moves within its circle, and the near
Companionship of those the heart holds dear.

The dear, accustomed joys we lightly take
Too much for granted sometimes, as a child
His father's gifts; and, so remembering,
For these my thanks, for these my treasures piled,
Each simple thing
Those wiser may forget, dear Father, take
My thanks for these Thy little blessings' sake.





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