The Grateful Heart
I thankful am for all good things;
For every blithesome bird that sings;
I thankful am for May and June
When most my life with Life's in tune:
I thankful am for strawberries,
And very glad of cherry trees;
Of apple-blossom and the fruit;
Of mellow nut and pungent root.
Great good and solace come to me
From flowers upon the dogwood tree:
An unknown warbler sets me wild
With wonder like an eager child:
And, to my charmed and seeking eyes,
Each varied toadstool's a surprise.
I thankful am for all fair things;
For life and all the bliss it brings:
My soul is very glad thereof
Because God made me out of love;
And most I joy, beneath His trees
To thank the Father-heart for these.
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