Voices Together ‎#120

120. For the Beauty of the Earth

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:
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.

2 For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale and tree and flow’r,
sun and moon and stars of light:
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.

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:
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.

4 For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild:
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.

5 For each perfect gift and sign
to this world so freely giv’n;
graces human and divine,
love uniting earth and heav’n:
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.

Text Information

• First Line: For the beauty of the earth
• Title: For the Beauty of the Earth
• Author: Folliott S. Pierpoint
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Psalm 33:1-9
  ;
  Psalm 148
• Topic: Creation: Beauty of; Family; Friendship; God: Works of; Praying: Gratitude
• Source: Lyra Eucharistica, 1864, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: DIX
• Composer: Conrad Kocher
• Adapter: William H. Monk
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
• Key: A Major
• Source: Stimmen aus dem Reiche Gottes, 1838; adapt. William H. Monk (England), Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861
• Notes: For a lower key, see “As with Gladness” (#277).