For the Beauty of the Earth

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.
   
   Christ, our God, to thee we raise
   This our sacrifice of praise.
   
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,
   
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,
   
4. For the joy of human love,
   Brother, sister, parent, child,
   Friends on earth and friends above,
   For all gentle thoughts and mild,
   
5. For each perfect gift of thine
   To our race so freely given,
   Graces human and divine,
   Flowers of earth and buds of heaven.