Composer: John Rutter
Author: F. S. Pierpoint
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Voicing: SATB
Pages: 11
Copies: 20
Publish Date: 1980
Lyrics
For the beauty of the Earth,
for the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth.
Over and around us lies,
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:
This is our joyful hymn.
For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth, 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.
This is our joyful hymn.
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