The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11814

11814. Now Sing We A Song For The Harvest

1 Now sing we a song for the harvest;
Thanksgiving and honor and praise,
For all that the bountiful Giver
Hath given to gladden our days.

2 For grasses of upland and lowland,
For fruits of the garden and field,
For gold which the mine and furrow
To delver and husbandman yield.

3 And thanks for the harvest of beauty,
For that which the hands cannot hold;
The harvest, eyes only can gather,
And only our hearts can enfold.

4 We reap it on mountain and moorland,
We glean it from meadow and lea,
We garner it from the cloud-land,
We bind it in sheaves from the sea.

5 But now we sing deeper and higher,
Of harvests the eye cannot see;
They ripen on mountains of duty,
Are reaped by the brave and the free.

6 O Thou who art Lord of the harvest,
The Giver who gladdens our days,
Our hearts are forever repeating,
Thanksgiving, and honor, and praise!

Text Information

• First Line: Now sing we a song for the harvest
• Title: Now Sing We A Song For The Harvest
• Author: John W. Chadwick (1871)
• Meter: 98.98
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Written for a harvest thanksgiving service

Tune Information

• Name: CALVERT
• Composer: R. J. C.
• Meter: 98.98
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain