For the Beauty of the Earth

 

 

For the beauty of the earth,

for the beauty of the skies,

for the love which from our birth

over and around us lies,

Lord of all, to thee we raise

this our grateful hymn of praise.

 

 

For the beauty of each hour

of the day and of the night,

hill and vale, and tree and flower,

sun and moon, and stars of light, Lord of all…

 

 

 

 

Lord of all, to thee we raise

this our grateful hymn of praise.

 

For the joy of human love,

brother, sister, parent, child,

friends on earth, and friends above,

Pleasures pure and undefiled, Lord of all…

Lord of all, to thee we raise

this our grateful hymn of praise.