Uploaded on July 10, 2011
For flowers that bloom about our feet,
Father, we thank thee.
For tender grass so fresh, so sweet,
Father, we thank thee.
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 blue of sky,
Father, we thank thee.
For pleasant shade of branches high,
Father, we thank thee.
For fragrant air and cooling breeze,
For the beauty of the blooming trees,
Father in heaven, we thank thee.
For this new morning with its light,
Father, we thank thee.
For rest and shelter of the night,
Father, we thank thee.
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything thy goodness sends,
Father in heaven, we thank thee.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everyday Graces
edited by Karen Santorum
7.10.2023: I want to call this a wild rose, but I’m not quite. We always think of roses as being more flashy.