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Show I THANK THEE, O MY GODI For the rosebud's breath of benuty Along the tollor's way; For tho violet's oyo that opens To bless tho newborn day; For tho baro twigs that in summer Bloom like tho prophet's rod; For tho blossoming of flowers, I thank Tlieo, O my God! For tho lifting up of mountains In brightness and In dread; For tho peaks whero snow and sun- shlpo Alono havo dared to tread ' For tho1 dark or silent gorges, Whence mighty ccdnrs nod; For tho majesty of mountains, I thank Thee, O my God! For thr splendor of tho sunsets, Vast rqlrrorcd on tho sea; t For th gold fringed clouds that curtain cur-tain Mpaveni inner mybtory; For tlio molten bars of twilight, Whero 'thought leans, glad, ypt awed; For thp glory of tho sunsets, I thank Thee, O my God! For tho enrth In nil Its beauty, Tho sky and all Its light; For tho dim nnd soothing shadows That rest tho dazzling sight; For unfading fields and prnlrlcs Whero sense In vain has trod; For tho world's' exhnustless beauty, I thank Thee, O my God! For nti eyo ot lnwnrd seeing, A soul to,know and loves For those common aspirations, 2. That tur high heirship prcvyq; ( For th hearts that bless each other, nenenth Thy smile, Thy rod; For, tlifa nmarantji savqd from Elon. I thank Thee, O my God! J " For thp hidden scroll o'or written-With written-With ono dear Namo adored; For ho Hcnvcnly In tho Human, Tho Spirit In tho Word; For tho tokens of Thy presence Wjllhln, above, abroad,; Foij Thino own 'grent clft Of being, I tjiank Theo, Q my God! j ( Lucy Lnrcojn. |