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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A THANKSGIVING, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dear lord, we thank thee for the crops
Last Line: We thank thee, blessed lord!
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


A THANKSGIVING FABLE, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It was a hungry pussy cat, upon thanksgiving morning
Last Line: But the little mouse had overheard and declined (with thanks) to stay.
Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


A THANKSGIVING FEAST, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We two are the last my daughter!
Last Line: Will be here thanksgiving day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Feasts; Food & Eating; Gratitude; Holidays; Thanksgiving Day; Turkey


A THANKSGIVING POEM, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun hath shed its kindly light
Last Line: We could not thank thee for them all.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


AFTER HARVEST, by HENRY ALFORD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, ye thankful people, come
Last Line: Raise the glorious harvest-home!
Variant Title(s): Harvest Home;thanksgiving Day
Subject(s): Harvest; Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


BALLAD OF THE THANKSGIVING PILGRIM, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The purple hills of kirkland
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


CAPTAIN MORROW'S THANKSGIVING, by LILLIE E. BARR    Poem Text                    
First Line: Over the waves the petrel sped
Last Line: Well led by captain morrow.
Subject(s): Holidays; Marblehead, Massachusetts; Sailing & Sailors; Thanksgiving Day; Seamen; Sails


DAY BEFORE, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: All kinds of turkeys %are strutting in the halls
Last Line: So let's give thanks for this!
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


DAY OF THE INDIAN SUMMER, by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A day of golden beauty!
Subject(s): Holidays; Indian Summer; Thanksgiving Day


FARMER JOHN'S THANKSGIVING, by ISAAC F. EATON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Thanksgiving day came chill and bare
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


FEAST OF HARVEST, by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The fair earth smiled and turned herself and
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


FIRE DREAMS, by CARL SANDBURG    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I remember here by the fire
Last Line: "god."
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


FIRST THANKSGIVING, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: So many pumpkins %and so many beans
Last Line: We all must depend
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


FIRST THANKSGIVING, by SHARON OLDS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When she comes back, from college, I will see
Subject(s): Mothers & Daughters; Homecoming; Thanksgiving Day


FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY, by ALICE WILLIAMS BROTHERTON    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In puritan new england a year had passed away
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


FIRST THANKSGIVING: BOSTON, 1631, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The curse of cain was on th earth
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


FREE TURKEY-RALPHS SUPERMARKET, NOVEMBER 16, by HOLLY PRADO    Poem Source                    
First Line: Is this american, or what?
Last Line: Holidays. Twelve pounds of meat and bone: my just reward
Subject(s): Americans; Grocers; Holidays; Markets; Thanksgiving Day; Turkeys


GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT?, by W. F. CROFFUT    Poem Source                    
First Line: Let earth give thanks,' the deacon said
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


GOODNIGHT PRAYER, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Thank you, god, for everyone
Last Line: Thanks for you and thanks for me
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


GORD ONLY KNOWS, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I saw an old beggar dis mawnin,' lucindy
Last Line: Gord only knows.
Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


GRACES, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Thanks for food that crunches
Last Line: And tastes good going down
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


GRANNY'S STORY, by EMILY HUNTINGTON MILLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Yes, lads, I'm a poor old body
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


GRANNY'S THANKSGIVING, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Granny, tell us how it was when you were a girl
Last Line: As we all thawed out
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


GUSTATORY ACHIEVEMENT, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Last thanksgiving'-dinner we
Last Line: Lawzy! I kin taste 'em yet! %yes, an' custard-pie, an' mince! %an'-I-ain't-et-no-pie-since!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Food And Eating; Holidays; Pies; Thanksgiving Day


HARVEST HYMN, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Once more the liberal year laughs out
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


HOME FOR THANKSGIVING, by LINDA PASTAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The gathering family
Subject(s): Thanksgiving Day


IN HONOR OF THANKSGIVING, by LIZZIE M. HADLEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: When november's gusty breezes
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


IN NOVEMBER, by SUSAN KELLY PHILLIPS    Poem Source                    
First Line: Soft, sweet, and sad in its pathetic glory
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


INDIAN SUMMER, by JOHN HOWARD BRYANT    Poem Source                    
First Line: That soft autumnal time
Subject(s): Holidays; Indian Summer; Thanksgiving Day


INDIAN SUMMER, by EUDORA S. BUMSTEAD    Poem Source                    
First Line: The grain is gathered in
Subject(s): Holidays; Indian Summer; Thanksgiving Day


INVENTORY, by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thanksgiving today. Soaked with sleet
Last Line: Here: in america. In america.
Subject(s): Belgium; Confessions; Daughters; Gardens & Gardening; Gratitude; Holidays; Honor; Larch Trees; Loss; Memory; Moving & Movers; Numbers; Omens; Refugees; Sons; Thanksgiving Day; Time; United States - Immigration & Emigtration


LILY'S THANKSGIVING, by MRS. DAWSON M. PHELPS    Poem Source                    
First Line: It was always the time for a laugh, when the name
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


MARGIE'S THANKSGIVING, by EUDORA S. BUMSTEAD    Poem Source                    
First Line: With salt and potatoes and meal for bread
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


MAYFLOWER, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Over the water and over the waves
Last Line: Said the people who came to america
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


NOT THANKFUL, by ANNETTE WYNNE    Poem Text                    
First Line: I think the only person that
Last Line: And really he's not much to blame.
Subject(s): Holidays; November; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Thanksgiving Day; Turkey


NOVEMBER, by ANNETTE WYNNE    Poem Text                    
First Line: No matter how hard you try
Last Line: And so, cold old month, you're not so bad!
Subject(s): Holidays; November; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Thanksgiving Day; Turkey


ON THANKSGIVING DAY, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: This is the way the sky looks
Last Line: Is winter %coming %to dinner?
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


ONE DAY IS THERE OF THE SERIES, by EMILY DICKINSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: Twere thanksgiving day
Subject(s): Thanksgiving Day


PRAYER FOR OTHERS, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: God, help grandma to get better
Last Line: And help all lost dogs and children %to be found
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


PRAYER FOR THE MEDINA, by JACOB I. COHEN    Poem Source                    
First Line: When we call on thee, o righteous god, answer us
Last Line: And may the redeemer come to zion, and let us say, amen
Subject(s): Holidays; Prayer; Thanksgiving Day; United States


PRAYER TO THE GIVER, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Lord, I am glad for the great gift of living
Last Line: Lord, I give thanks to thee, giver of all!
Variant Title(s): A Thanksgiving
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


PSALM 45, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE    Poem Text                    
First Line: My heart indites an argument of worth
Last Line: The world shall make no end of thanks to thee.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


PSALM 45, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE    Poem Source                    
First Line: My heart is mov'd to utter some good thinge
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


PSALM 86, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Thy gracious ear, o lord, incline
Last Line: Dost help and comfort me.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


PSALM 86, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Lord bend to me thyne care
Last Line: By thee, by thee my comfort wrought.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


PSALM 86, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE    Poem Source                    
First Line: O give thanks unto the lord for his mercy
Last Line: For his mercy endureth forever
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


QUIET MOMENT, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: When the table is cleared %and we've had enough
Last Line: The quiet moment
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


RHYME TIME THANKS, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Thanks for roses %and noses and good smells
Last Line: More aunts %and lots and lots of cousins
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


SIGNS OF THE TIMES, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Air a-gittin' cool an' coolah
Last Line: Do' you know thanksgibbin 's hyeah?
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR, by CLARA J. DENTON    Poem Text                    
First Line: I'm glad that I am not today
Last Line: I'll thankful be for that.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANK YOU GOD FOR BUGS, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Thank you god for %marching ants
Last Line: And all things small %that crawl
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANK YOU SINGING GAME, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Thank you for the sunshine
Last Line: We all together sing %thank you
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIBBIN' IN OLE VIRGINNY, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ter-day's thanksgibbin'
Last Line: De short straw done draw de little guinea hen.
Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben
Subject(s): Holidays; Hunger; Poverty; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVIN' PUMPKIN PIES, by MARGARET ELIZABETH SANGSTER (1894-1981)    Poem Source                    
First Line: So you bid me to thanksgivin'!
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING, by HARRIET ELLEN (GRANNIS) AREY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come forth, come forth, to the festal board
Alternate Author Name(s): Garey, Hannah E.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING, by AMELIA EDITH HUDDLESTON BARR    Poem Source                    
First Line: Have you cut the wheat in the blowing fields
Variant Title(s): Poetic Response
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING, by KATHARINE LEE BATES    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: To give god thanks when brief, oblivious nights
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING, by PHOEBE CARY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: No one ever knew
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING, by LINDA HOGAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Turkey, blue head on the ground
Last Line: Noisy, breaking the glass sky %grey %they are grey %and their wings are weightless
Subject(s): Antinuclear Movement; Environment; Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING, by EMILY READ JONES    Poem Source                    
First Line: I thank thee that I learn
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING, by KENNETH KOCH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What's sweeter than at the end of a summer's day
Subject(s): Native Americans; Thanksgiving Day; New York City; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THANKSGIVING, by MRS. LITTLE    Poem Text                    
First Line: It is thanksgiving morn - 't is cold and clear
Last Line: Sheds gleams of purest joy o'er man's dark destiny.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rowena
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING, by JEANIE ROGERS SHERMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Dear lord, on this way thy day of days
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING (1), by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Gettin' together to smile an' rejoice
Last Line: An' I'll put soul in my thanksgivin' prayers.
Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING (1), by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We choose the shadow, but the sun
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING - 1937, by JOSIE CRAIG BERRY    Poem Text                    
First Line: I'm thankful that the fall did not include
Last Line: Was grounded by the fall of frail mankind.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING ACROSTIC, by SUSIE MONTGOMERY BEST    Poem Source                    
First Line: Tis for turkey the biggest in town
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING CHARADES, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Sounds like wobble gobble
Last Line: It's time to eat!
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING DAY, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the old church tower
Last Line: And all is well!
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING DAY, by LYDIA MARIA CHILD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Over the river, and through the wood
Last Line: Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!
Variant Title(s): A Boy's Thanksgiving;the New-england Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day
Subject(s): Americans; Holidays; Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving Day; United States; America


THANKSGIVING DAY, by JAMES J. MONTAGUE    Poem Text                    
First Line: With steadfast and unwavering faith, with hard and patient toil
Last Line: Forget the reverent spirit of that first thanksgiving day.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING DAY, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The year decays, november's blast
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING EXERCISE, by LIZZIE M. HADLEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Oh, time keeps steadily on and on
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING FOR THANKSGIVING, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I thank thee, father, once again
Last Line: I thank thee for the gift of thanks.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING HYMN, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: O thou, whose eye of love
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING IN THE PAST AND PRESENT, by MARION S. BLAIDSELL    Poem Source                    
First Line: All hail the day we celebrate!
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING MAGIC, by ROWENA BASTIN BENNETT    Poem Source                    
First Line: Thanksgiving day I like to see
Last Line: And some like fairy spells and charms %but I like magic made by cooks!
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING NIGHT, by WILBUR DICK NESBIT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Last night I got to thinking, when I couldn't go to sleep
Last Line: That told me they were with me, and were very, very near.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING PARADE, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Beat the drum
Last Line: Make music in the thanksgiving parade
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING PHILOSOPHY, by CHARLOTTE W. THURSTON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Hiss! Hiss!' said the goose, 'they've taken us three
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING TIME, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: When all the leaves are off the boughs
Last Line: Thanksgiving day is very near, %and we must make thanksgiving pies!
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSGIVING VERSE ACROSTIC, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: T. - the little folks will now appear
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THANKSLIVING, by CHAUNCEY ROSCOE PIETY    Poem Text                    
First Line: Were thanks with every gift expressed
Last Line: Each life would be thanksliving.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THE CHOPPER'S CHILD; A STORY FOR THANKSGIVING DAY, by ALICE CARY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The smoke of the indian summer
Last Line: As the chopper's little child.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THE DAYS WHEN NOTHING HAPPENS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: For the days when nothing happens
Last Line: Praises this thanksgiving day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Gratitude; Holidays; Thanksgiving Day; Turkey


THE FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY [1621], by MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: And now,' said the governor, gazing abroad
Last Line: "he muttered, ""the good great spirit loves his white children best!"
Subject(s): Bradford, William (1590-1657); Brewster, William (1560-1644); Holidays; Massasoit (d. 1661); Standish, Miles (1584-1656); Thanksgiving Day


THE FIRST THANKSGIVING [FEBRUARY 22, 1631], by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It was captain pierce of the lion
Last Line: That mounted morn and noon and eve on that first thanksgiving day!
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS IN NEW ENGLAND [NOVEMBER 19, 1620], by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The breaking waves dashed high / on a stern and rock-bound coast
Last Line: Freedom to worship god.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Variant Title(s): The Landing Of The Pilgrim Fathers;the Pilgrim Fathers
Subject(s): Freedom; Holidays; Patriotism; Pilgrim Fathers; Plymouth, Massachusetts; Thanksgiving Day; United States; Women; Liberty; America


THE PILGRIM FATHERS, by JOHN PIERPONT    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: The pilgrim fathers, - where are they?
Last Line: Shall foam and freeze no more.
Subject(s): Holidays; Pilgrim Fathers; Plymouth, Massachusetts; Thanksgiving Day


THE PUMPKIN, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh! Greenly and fair in the lands of the sun
Last Line: Golden-tinted and fair as thy own pumpkin-pie!
Subject(s): Holidays; Plants; Pumpkins; Thanksgiving Day; Planting; Planters


THE SACHEM OF THE CLOUDS (A THANKSGIVING LEGEND), by ROBERT FROST    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When the sedge upon the meadows crosses, falls and interweaves
Last Line: Hears a shrieking answer speeded from the winter's snowy mouth.
Subject(s): Clouds; Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THE THANKSGIVING IN BOSTON HARBOR [JUNE 12, 1630], by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Praise ye the lord!' the psalm today
Last Line: But psalms from boston bay.
Subject(s): Boston; Holidays; Thanksgiving Day; Winthrop, John (1588-1649)


THREE THANKSGIVINGS AT MY STEP-GRANDMOTHER'S (1958), by DEBRA JANE KAUFMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: From under naomi's laden table
Last Line: Of milk she poured me %warm from the cows I helped name
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THREE THANKSGIVINGS AT MY STEP-GRANDMOTHER'S (1971), by DEBRA JANE KAUFMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I brought the war home
Last Line: Like a scarf whatever light %that dream meant to cast
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


THREE THANKSGIVINGS AT MY STEP-GRANDMOTHER'S (1988), by DEBRA JANE KAUFMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Wind rattles the catalpa pods
Last Line: More than death's own rasping breath %insisting on pushing me home
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


TO NOVEMBER, by G. W. ADAMS    Poem Source                    
First Line: Hence, tern, grim, puritanic days
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


TOMMYBOB'S THANKSGIVING VISION, by ANNA MARIA PRATT    Poem Text                    
First Line: It was thanksgiving evening, and tommybob slept
Last Line: Than living to eat, as he did on thanksgiving.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


TWILIGHT OF THANKSGIVING, by WILLIAM D. KELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: The day has lengthened into eve
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


TWO FESTIVALS, by LUCY LARCOM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Thanksgiving stirs her ruddy fire
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


WAY IT IS AT OUR HOUSE, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Do uncle ernie's socks match?
Last Line: That's the way it is at our house %on thanksgiving day
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


WE THANK THEE, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK    Poem Text                    
First Line: Not for our lands, our wide-flung prairie wealth
Last Line: Inspire our hearts and bless our native land.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


WE THANK THEE, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: For flowers that bloom about our feet
Last Line: Father in heaven, we thank thee.
Variant Title(s): Spring Prayer;thanksgiving
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


WE THANK THEE, by MATTIE M. RENWICK    Poem Text                    
First Line: For flowers so beautiful and sweet
Last Line: To thank thee this thanksgiving day.
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day


WE THANK THEE (2), by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: For gainful hours of pain and loss
Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day