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| FOR the sun that shone at the dawn of spring, | |
| For the flowers which bloom and the birds that sing, | |
| For the verdant robe of the gray old earth, | |
| For her coffers filled with their countless worth, | |
| For the flocks which feed on a thousand hills, | 5 |
| For the rippling streams which turn the mills, | |
| For the lowing herds in the lovely vale, | |
| For the songs of gladness on the gale,— | |
| From the Gulf and the Lakes to the Oceans’ banks,— | |
| Lord God of Hosts, we give Thee thanks! | 10 |
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| For the farmer reaping his whitened fields, | |
| For the bounty which the rich soil yields, | |
| For the cooling dews and refreshing rains, | |
| For the sun which ripens the golden grains, | |
| For the bearded wheat and the fattened swine, | 15 |
| For the stalled ox and the fruitful vine, | |
| For the tubers large and cotton white, | |
| For the kid and the lambkin frisk and blithe, | |
| For the swan which floats near the river-banks,— | |
| Lord God of Hosts, we give Thee thanks! | 20 |
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| For the pumpkin sweet and the yellow yam, | |
| For the corn and beans and the sugared ham, ion | |
| For the plum and the peach and the apple red, | |
| For the dear old press where the wine is tread, | |
| For the cock which crows at the breaking dawn, | 25 |
| And the proud old “turk” of the farmer’s barn, | |
| For the fish which swim in the babbling brooks, | |
| For the game which hide in the shady nooks,— | |
| From the Gulf and the Lakes to the Oceans’ banks— | |
| Lord God of Hosts, we give Thee thanks! | 30 |
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| For the sturdy oaks and the stately pines, | |
| For the lead and the coal from the deep, | |
| dark mines, For the silver ores of a thousand fold, | |
| For the diamond bright and the yellow gold, | |
| For the river boat and the flying train, | 35 |
| For the fleecy sail of the rolling main, | |
| For the velvet sponge and the glossy pearl, | |
| For the flag of peace which we now unfurl,— | |
| From the Gulf and the Lakes to the Oceans’ banks,— | |
| Lord God of Hosts, we give Thee thanks! | 40 |
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| For the lowly cot and the mansion fair, | |
| For the peace and plenty together share, | |
| For the Hand which guides us from above, | |
| For Thy tender mercies, abiding love, | |
| For the blessed home with its children gay, | 45 |
| For returnings of Thanksgiving Day, | |
| For the bearing toils and the sharing cares, | |
| We lift up our hearts in our songs and our prayers,— | |
| From the Gulf and the Lakes to the Oceans’ banks,— | |
| Lord God of Hosts, we give Thee thanks! | 50 |
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