13 | Glory to God#14 | 15 |
Text: | For the Beauty of the Earth |
Author: | Folliot Sandford Pierpoint |
Tune: | DIX |
Adapter: | William Henry Monk |
Composer: | Conrad Kocher |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory 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 hymn of grateful praise.
2 For the wonder of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale, and tree and flower,
sun and moon, and stars of light: [Refrain]
3 For the joy of ear and eye,
for the heart and mind’s delight,
for the mystic harmony
linking sense to sound and sight: [Refrain]
4 For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth, and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild: [Refrain]
5 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: [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | For the beauty of the earth |
Title: | For the Beauty of the Earth |
Author: | Folliot Sandford Pierpoint (1864, alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | Lord of all, to thee we raise |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7.7.7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Creation; Family; Love for Others(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DIX |
Composer: | Conrad Kocher (1838) |
Adapter: | William Henry Monk (1861) |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7.7.7 |
Key: | G Major |
In the course of many revisions, the original eucharistic emphasis of this text has shifted to a hymn of thanksgiving for a wide range of human experience, with a Christological summation. It is set here to the tune that is customary in North America, though not elsewhere.
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Audio recording: | ![]() |