Gratitude + 

“Do you give thanks for this?⁠—or that?” No, God be thanked + 

I am not grateful + 

In that cold, calculating way, with blessings ranked + 

As one, two, three, and four⁠—that would be hateful. + 

I only know that every day brings good above + 

My poor deserving; + 

I only feel that in the road of Life true Love + 

Is leading me along and never swerving. + 

Whatever gifts and mercies to my lot may fall, + 

I would not measure + 

As worth a certain price in praise, or great or small; + 

But take and use them all with simple pleasure. + 

For when we gladly eat our daily bread, we bless + 

The Hand that feeds us; + 

And when we tread the road of Life in cheerfulness, + 

Our very heart-beats praise the Love that leads us. + 