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Lyrics Of Life
Lyrics of Life by Florence Earle Coates
Published in Scribner's Magazine (Nov 1905). THANKSGIVING NOW gracious plenty rules the board, And in the purse is gold; By multitudes in glad accord Thy giving is extolled. Ah, suffer me to thank Thee, Lord, For what thou dost withhold! I thank Thee that howe'er we climb There yet is something higher; That though through all our reach of time We to the stars aspire, Still, still beyond us burns sublime The pure sidereal fire! I thank Thee for the unexplained, The hope that lies before, The victory that is not gained,— O Father, more and more I thank Thee for the unattained, The good we hunger for! I thank Thee for the voice that sings To inner depths of being; For all the spread and sweep of wings, From earthly bondage freeing; For mystery—the dream of things Beyond our power of seeing!
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