Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1897 — FROM EGG TO AX. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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We think of Thanksgiving at seeding time: In the swelling, unfolding, Imddlng time, When the heart of nature and hearts of men Rejoice In the earth grown young again. We dream ofTlie harvest, of tteld and vino. And granaries full, ut Thanksgiving time. We think of Thanksgiving iu growing time: In the time of flowers, and tbe vintage prime; , , When the palms of the year s strong hands are tilled With fruitage, with grain, and with sweets distilled. When the dream of hope Is a truth sublime. Then our hearts make room for the thankful time. We think of Thanksgiving in harvest time: In the yielding, gathering, golden time; When the sky Is fringed with u hazy mist. And the blushing maples by frost lips kissed; When the barns are full with the harvest cheer. And the crowning, thankful day draws near. We think of Thanksgiving at resting time: The circle completed Is but a chime In tbe song of life, in the lives of men. We harvest the toil of onr years, and then Wo wait at the gate of the King’s highway For the duwn of our soul s Thanksgiving day. —Rose liartwlck Thorpe.

SONG OF THE THANKFUL TIME.