Thanks...

What I'm Thankful For

(Revised Version of "What I Live For" [and unfortunately the author is unknown])

I'm thankful for those who love me

Whose hearts are kind and true

For the Heaven that smiled above me

And awaits my spirit too

For all human ties that bind me

For the task my God's assigned me

For the bright hopes left behind me

And the good that I can do.

I'm thankful for those who suffered for my sake

I wish to emulate their glory

And follow in their wake

Bard, patriots, martyrs, sages

The nobles of all ages
Whose deeds crown history's pages

And times great volume make.

I'm thankful for that season

That gifted minds foretold

When man shall live by reason

And not alone by gold

When man to man united

And every wrong then righted

The whole world shall be lighted

As Eden was of old.