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For The Beauty Of The Earth |
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For the beauty of the earth |
For the glory of the skies, |
For the love which from our birth |
Over and around us lies; |
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Lord of all, to thee we raise |
This our hymn of grateful praise. |
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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; |
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For the joy of ear and eye, |
For the heart and mind's delight, |
For the mystic harmony, |
Linking sense to sound and sight; |
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For the joy of human love, |
Brother, sister, parent, child, |
Friends on earth and friends above, |
For all gentle thoughts and mild; |
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For thy church, that evermore |
Lifteth holy hands above, |
Offering up on every shore |
Her pure sacrifice of love; |
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For thyself, best Gift Divine, |
To the world so freely given, |
For that great, great love of thine, |
Peace on earth, and joy in heaven: |
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