Thanksgiving
There’s not a leaf within the bower,—There’s not a bird upon the tree,—There’s not a dewdrop on the flower,—But bears the impress, Lord, of Thee.[Pg 008]Thy power the varied leaf designed,And gave the bird its thrilling tone;Thy hand the dewdrops’ tints combined,Till like a diamond’s blaze they shone.Yes, dewdrops, leaves and buds, and all,—The smallest, like the greatest things,—The sea’s vast space, the earth’s wide ball,Alike proclaim Thee, King of kings!But man alone, to bounteous Heaven,Thanksgiving’s conscious strains can raise:To favored man, alone, ’tis given,To join the angelic choir in praise.