"I Thank Thee, God"

I Thank Thee, God

For my small corner of the world― 

Blue sea, blue sky and pale green sod, 

And noble mountains glistening mistily― 

I thank Thee, God! 

For deeps where white syringa droops, 

And dogwood-blossoms shyly nod, 

And the wild currant swings her crimson lamps― 

I thank Thee, God! 

For the sweet clover at my door, 

Set all day long with golden bees; 

The dewdrops linked along a blade of grass, 

The bending trees; 

The slender vine about my porch, 

The meadow-lark at dawn that sings― 

I thank Thee, God, that I have purest joy 

In simple things! 

"I Thank Thee, God" as it appears in Ella Higginson's When the Birds Go North Again (1898).