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#416 from The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
For the beauty of the earth
Tune
Lucerna Laudoniae
Metric Index
77. 77 with Refrain
Key & Modality
G Major
Last five uses
May 14th, 2023 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Entrance Hymn
May 21st, 2017 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Gradual Hymn
October 18th, 2015 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Communion Hymn
January 11th, 2015 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Post Communion Hymn
September 22nd, 2013 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Entrance Hymn
Poem Words (six verses)
1.
For the beauty of the earth,
for the beauty of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies.
for the beauty of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies.
2.
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, (Refrain)
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)
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)
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth, and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild, (Refrain)
5.
For the Church which evermore
lifteth holy hands above,
offering up on every shore
thy pure sacrifice of love, (Refrain)
lifteth holy hands above,
offering up on every shore
thy pure sacrifice of love, (Refrain)
6.
For each perfect gift of thine,
to the world so freely given,
faith and hope and love divine,
peace on earth and joy in heaven. (Refrain)
to the world so freely given,
faith and hope and love divine,
peace on earth and joy in heaven. (Refrain)
Hymn References
Author
Folliot Sandford Pierpont 1835-1917 ( alt.)
Composer
David Evans 1874-1948
Publication Date
1985
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#538 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / God of mercy, God of grace (A♭ Major ) [click to view]
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