"THANKS FOR THANKSGIVING

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="0440eb82ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>SOUND  CONTROL</B></div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-121/In_the_garden.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> ''IN THE GARDEN''</div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POEMS OF HOLIDAY SEASONS"> </A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POEMS OF HOLIDAY SEASONS"><B>BACK TO HOME</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="guestbook"><B>VISIT MY GUESTBOOK</B></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="043b85f1ermwup.jpg"> <div> <B>POEMS  OF THE HOLIDAY SEASONS</B></div> <div> <B>"FOOD  FOR  THOUGHT "   A   THANKSGIVING   POEM</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>"THANKS FOR THANKSGIVING</I><I>"</I></div> <div> <I>* *</I></div> <div> <B>In sixteen hundred nine</B></div> <div> <B>they sailed the ocean's brine,</B></div> <div> <B>in search of a new world for their own;</B></div> <div> <B>three-hundred, eighty-four</B></div> <div> <B>are the total years we score,</B></div> <div> <B>since the Pilgrims land at  Plymouth, their new home.</B></div> <div> <B>* *</B></div> <div> <B>In sixteen-twenty, then</B></div> <div> <B>their new lives would begin;</B></div> <div> <B>but many hardships laced their life with pain.</B></div> <div> <B>With illness, death about,</B></div> <div> <B>their hearts stayed true and stout,</B></div> <div> <B>and braved the worst of elements that came.</B></div> <div> <B>* *</B></div> <div> <B>They struggled hard and long</B></div> <div> <B>to keep their purpose strong,</B></div> <div> <B>and through it all, good fortune was a friend;</B></div> <div> <B>for they met a native tribe,</B></div> <div> <B>whom they could well confide,</B></div> <div> <B>so goals and dreams in life could then begin.</B></div> <div> <B>* *</B></div> <div> <B>The Indians taught them how</B></div> <div> <B>to farm the land and plow,</B></div> <div> <B>with other things to guide their way;</B></div> <div> <B>they taught them how to tap</B></div> <div> <B>the maple trees for sap,</B></div> <div> <B>and then the colony was here to stay!</B></div> <div> <B>* *</B></div> <div> <B>Now because of their success</B></div> <div> <B>through all the strain and stress,</B></div> <div> <B>they met to celebrate and pray;</B></div> <div> <B>giving thanks to God and friends,</B></div> <div> <B>that determination wins,</B></div> <div> <B>thus, born for us, a good Thanksgiving Day!</B></div> <div> <B>* *</B></div> <div> <B>Now, just a holiday, it's not...</B></div> <div> <B>to lie upon some cot...</B></div> <div> <B>and watch a TV game, or dose and nod;</B></div> <div> <B>It's a holiday of date,</B></div> <div> <B>to pray and celebrate</B></div> <div> <B>with family, and friends in name of God;</B></div> <div> <B>Giving thanks in Jesus's name..</B></div> <div> <B>that devoted pilgrims came;</B></div> <div> <B>for a better life and world in which they paved;</B></div> <div> <B>So do not let them down,</B></div> <div> <B>for the freedoms that were found..</B></div> <div> <B>in  Thanksgiving Days... to us they gave!</B></div> <div> <B>* *</B></div> <div> <B>William E. 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