English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. Thanksgiving. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер)

Thanksgiving

(For John Bunker)

The roar of the world is in my ears.
Thank God for the roar of the world!
Thank God for the mighty tide of fears
Against me always hurled!
Thank God for the bitter and ceaseless strife,
And the sting of His chastening rod!
Thank God for the stress and the pain of life,
And Oh, thank God for God!

Joyce Kilmer’s other poems:

1. The Robe of Christ
2. Madness
3. St. Alexis, Patron of Beggars
4. Multiplication
5. The Snowman in the Yard

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Edgar Guest (Эдгар Гест) Thanksgiving (“Gettin’ together to smile an’ rejoice”)

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