Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.

Cast as a brief prayer, the lines shift Thanksgiving from private gratitude to a universal moral petition. The speaker asks not for material plenty but for an inward condition—“peace in the hearts of all men living”—and then extends that inward peace outward to the political and social sphere—“peace in the whole world.” The repetition of “peace” and the narrowing to “but one boon more” suggest that all other blessings are secondary to reconciliation and the cessation of conflict. Read in the context of a holiday often associated with national identity, the poem implicitly critiques parochial celebration and urges a more expansive, humane thanksgiving grounded in empathy and global responsibility.