Lyrics
For the Beauty of the Earth
John Rutter
Oxford University Press
For the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from
our birth over and around us lies.
Refrain
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our joyful 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.
For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth, and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild.
For each perfect gift of thine
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,
Flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n,
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