Think of Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” as a gratitude poem appropriate for Thanksgiving.
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All Which We Behold Is Full of Blessings
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Expressing Thanks Is Its Own Reward
Thanks giving is not (as Milton’s Satan) contends, a burdensome debt but the key to deep joy.
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Gratitude, God’s Great Gift
Spiritual Sunday I have been teaching Paradise Lost this past week so, in the spirit of the Thanksgiving weekend, I share here some of Milton’s insights into gratitude. Let me start with the prayer of gratitude that Adam and Eve offer up to God in Book IV. They have been working in the garden […]
