We Thank Thee
For flowers that bloom about our feet,
For tender grass so fresh and sweet,
For the 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, for blue of sky,
For pleasant shade of branches high,
For fragrant air and cooling breeze,
For beauty of the blowing trees -
Father in Heaven, we thank Thee!
For mother-love, for father care,
For brothers strong and sisters fair,
For love at home and school each day,
For guidance lest we go astray -
Father in Heaven, we thank Thee!
For Thy dear, everlasting arms,
That bear us o’er all ills and harms,
For blessed words of long ago,
That help us now Thy will to know -
Father in Heaven, we thank Thee!
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on 25 May 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became an essayist, a poet, a lecturer, and a philosopher. Ralph Waldo Emerson passed on at 78 years of age on 27 April 1882.
For flowers that bloom about our feet,
For tender grass so fresh and sweet,
For the 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, for blue of sky,
For pleasant shade of branches high,
For fragrant air and cooling breeze,
For beauty of the blowing trees -
Father in Heaven, we thank Thee!
For mother-love, for father care,
For brothers strong and sisters fair,
For love at home and school each day,
For guidance lest we go astray -
Father in Heaven, we thank Thee!
For Thy dear, everlasting arms,
That bear us o’er all ills and harms,
For blessed words of long ago,
That help us now Thy will to know -
Father in Heaven, we thank Thee!
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on 25 May 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became an essayist, a poet, a lecturer, and a philosopher. Ralph Waldo Emerson passed on at 78 years of age on 27 April 1882.
