"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).

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