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Show Thanksgiving, f.ct us bo thankful not only because Since last our universal thanks were told We havo Brown greater In the world's applause ap-plause And fortune's newer smiles surpass tho old- . But thankful for all things that come as alms From out the open hand of Providence: The winter clouds and storms the summer sum-mer calms The sleepless dread the drowse of Indolence. In-dolence. Let us bo thankful for the loyal hand That love held out In welcome to our own When love and only 'love could understand under-stand The need of touches we had nover known. Let a ho thankful for the longing eyes That 'gave ' their secret to us as they wept, Vet In return found, with a sweet surprise, sur-prise, Love's touch upon their lids, and, smiling smil-ing slept. And let us, too, be thankful that the tears Of sorrow have not all been drained away, That through them still, for all the coming com-ing 'years, We may look on the dead face of today. to-day. -Jemes Whltcomb Riley. |