 | Jones Very : The Complete Poems |  |
Thanksgiving Flowers
Bright flowers! November's frosts and cold have spared,To greet us on this late Thanksgiving morn;
A tender love for you, as us, has cared;
The pansies still our garden plot adorn,
Chrysanthemums, that, with the waning year,
Round many homes in golden clusters bloom;
And e'en December's stormy month can cheer,
Stealing from many a clouded day its gloom.
While grateful for the harvest we would be,
Which with abundance fills our wide domain;
In these bright flowers new tokens, too, we see
Of the same Love, which gives the fruits and grain;
523
Bright with the hues of Memory's fadeless flowers.
Poem No. 77; c. 6 December 1878
| Jones Very : The Complete Poems | |