We Thank Thee

For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all Things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

For blue of stream and sky of blue;
For pleasant shadeof branches high;
For fragrant air and cooling breeze;
For beauty of the blooming trees,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

--Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)