I do not thank Thee, Lord, That I have bread to eat while others starve; Nor yet for work to do While empty hands solicit Heaven; Nor for a body strong While other bodies flatten beds of pain. No, not for these do I give thanks! But I am grateful, Lord, Because my meager loaf I may divide; For that my busy hands May move to meet another's need; Because my doubled strength I may expend to steady one who faints. Yes, for all these do I give thanks! For heart to share, desire to bear And will to lift, Flamed into one by deathless Love -- Thanks be to God for this! Unspeakable! His Gift! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: TO DANTE by GUIDO CAVALCANTI TO R.K. by JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN JOHN CHARLES FREMONT by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER MOONLIGHT by MARGUERITE ATTERBURY POLYHYMNIA: THE YOUTH IN THE BOAT (FRAGMENT) by WILLIAM BASSE POSTHUMOUS by HENRY AUGUSTIN BEERS THE HEALERS by LAURENCE BINYON |