Happy Thanksgiving!

THE PUMPKIN
By John Greenleaf Whittier

Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when 
from East and from West, 
From North and from South comes 
the pilgrim and guest; 
When the gray-haired New 
Englander sees round his board 
The old broken links of affection restored, 
When the care-wearied man seeks 
his mother once more, 
And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before, 
What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye? 
What calls back the past, like the 
rich Pumpkin pie? 

Happy Thanksgiving!