Giving Thanks
For the hay and the corn and the wheat that is reaped,
For the labor well done, and the barns that are heaped,
For the sun and the dew and the sweet honeycomb,
For the rose and the song and the harvest brought home --
......Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!
For the trade and the skill and the wealth of the land,
For the cunning and strength of the workingman's hand,
For the good that our artists and poets have taught,
For the friendship that hope and affection have brought --
......Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!
*For the ones who pour out without measure, their best,
For the season of plenty and well-deserved rest,
From the womb of the earth rising up from the sea;
May we ever be children whose spirits are free --
......Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!
- Author Unknown -*(I rewrote the last stanza to my own liking) Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving! to the unknown author for the first three stanzas.
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