If we have lived another year <br />And, counting friends by regiments <br />Who share our love and confidence, <br />Find no more broken ranks, <br />For this let us give thanks. <br /> <br />If, since the last Thanksgiving-time, <br />Have we been blessed with strength and health, <br />And added to our honest wealth, <br />Nor lost by broken banks, <br />For this would we give thanks. <br /> <br />If through adversity we trod, <br />Yet with serene and smiling face, <br />And trusted more to saving grace <br />Than charlatans and cranks, <br />For this let us give thanks. <br /> <br />If we have somehow worried through <br />The ups and downs along life's track, <br />And still undaunted can look back <br />And smile at Fortune's pranks, <br />For this would we give thanks. <br /> <br />If every page in our account <br />With God and man is fairly writ, <br />We care not who examines it, <br />With no suspicious blanks, <br />For this let us give thanks.<br /><br />Hattie Howard<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/let-us-give-thanks-2/
