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WE THANK THEE by RALPH WALDO EMERSON

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First Line: FOR FLOWERS THAT BLOOM ABOUT OUR FEET
Last Line: FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK THEE.
Subject(s): HOLIDAYS; THANKSGIVING DAY;
FOR flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee.

For blue of stream and blue of sky;
For pleasant shade of branches high;
For fragrant air and cooling breeze;
For beauty of the blooming trees,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee.



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