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  1. 1For the beauty of the earth,
  2. For the glory of the skies,
  3. For the love which from our birth
  4. Over and around us lies;
  5. Lord of all, to Thee we raise
  6. This our grateful psalm of praise.
  7. 2For the wonder of each hour
  8. Of the day and of the night:
  9. Hill and vale and tree and flow'r,
  10. Sun and moon and stars of light;
  11. Lord of all, to Thee we raise
  12. This our grateful psalm of praise.
  13. 3For the joy of human love,
  14. Brother, sister, parent, child;
  15. Friends on earth and friends above,
  16. Pleasures pure and undefiled;
  17. Lord of all, to Thee we raise
  18. This our grateful psalm of praise.
  19. 4For Thy Church that evermore
  20. Lifts her holy hands above,
  21. Off'ring up on ev'ry shore
  22. Her pure sacrifice of love;
  23. Lord of all, to Thee we raise
  24. This our grateful psalm of praise.

About this music

DIX — Conrad Kocher. Setting: Conrad Kocher, 1838, alt. by William Henry Monk, 1861, alt. for "The English Hymnal", 1906.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from The English Hymnal, 1906 Hymn 39. Music from "Stimmen aus dem Reiche Gottes", 1838 by Kocher, Hymn 201 page 250. adapted by William Henry Monk from the original (removed two measures and changed parts of the arrangement) for "Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861. Also almost just like the Bristol Tune Book of 1863, Hymn 172.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the For the Beauty of the Earth page.

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