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 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 ear and eye,
For the heart and brain's delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight:

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: