Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GIVER, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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First Line: Oh, we must thank the lord for many things
Last Line: May fold in perfect love one perfect sphere.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving


Oh, we must thank the Lord for many things;
And loud for this uplift our hymn of praise,
That Nature has not learned our human ways.
Her blessings do not huddle with clipped wings,
But every lonely hill and valley sings
And smiles and grows in the outpouring rays
Of Nature's eager missionary days,
And yields as freely as she freely brings.
Praise God who gave the light no eyes to find
The highest market, and the flowers no ear
For human compliments, and birds no mind
To count what audience their songs may hear;
And pray that all our happy human kind
May fold in perfect love one perfect sphere.





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