Thanksgiving

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Title:     Thanksgiving
Author: William Dean Howells [More Titles by Howells]

I.

Lord, for the erring thought
Not into evil wrought:
Lord, for the wicked will
Betrayed and baffled still:
For the heart from itself kept,
Our thanksgiving accept.

II.

For ignorant hopes that were
Broken to our blind prayer:
For pain, death, sorrow, sent
Unto our chastisement:
For all loss of seeming good,
Quicken our gratitude.

[The end]
William Dean Howells's poem: Thanksgiving

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