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Poem by Joyce Kilmer


Thanksgiving


(For John Bunker)

The roar of the world is in my ears.
Thank God for the roar of the world!
Thank God for the mighty tide of fears
Against me always hurled!
Thank God for the bitter and ceaseless strife,
And the sting of His chastening rod!
Thank God for the stress and the pain of life,
And Oh, thank God for God!



Joyce Kilmer


Joyce Kilmer's other poems:
  1. Gates and Doors
  2. Father Gerard Hopkins, S. J.
  3. In Memory of Rupert Brooke
  4. Queen Elizabeth Speaks
  5. Lionel Johnson


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • Edgar Guest Thanksgiving ("Gettin’ together to smile an’ rejoice")
  • Lizelia Moorer Thanksgiving ("Let us give thanks to God above")
  • Angela Morgan Thanksgiving ("Thank Thee, O Giver of life, O God I")

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