Daily Archives: November 26, 2015

Thanksgiving By Edgar Albert Guest

Gettin’ together to smile an’ rejoice, An’ eatin’ an’ laughin’ with folks of your choice; An’ kissin’ the girls an’ declarin’ that they Are growin more beautiful day after day; Chattin’ an’ braggin’ a bit with the men, Buildin’ the … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving Day By Emily Dickinson

One day is there of the series Termed Thanksgiving day, Celebrated part at table, Part in memory. Neither patriarch nor pussy, I dissect the play; Seems it, to my hooded thinking, Reflex holiday. Had there been no sharp subtraction From … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving All

  Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labour when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off’rings, and a thankful strain. ~Alexander Pope If the only prayer you said in … Continue reading

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