Not for victory
but for the day’s work done
as well as I was able;
not for a seat upon the dais
but at the common table.
From “Te Deum” by Charles Reznikoff
Painting: “The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth”
by Jennie A. Brownscombe
Mnemosyne 37: http://tinyurl.com/d44gbl8
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