For the Beauty of the Earth
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w: Folliot S. Pierpoint, 1864
m: Conrad Kocher, 1838
arr: William Henry Monk, 1862
tune: Dix
meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 w/refrain

[Verse 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;

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

[Verse 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;

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[Verse 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;

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[Verse 4]
For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild;

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[Verse 5]
For thy church, that evermore
lifteth holy hands above,
off'ring upon ev'ry shore
her pure sacrifice of love;

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[Verse 6]
For Thyself, best Gift Divine,
to the world so freely giv'n,
for that great, great love of thine,
peace on earth, and joy in heav'n;

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