For the beauty of the earth
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For the beauty of the earth, For the beauty of the skies, For the love that from our birth Over and about us lies, Lord of all, to thee we raise this our grateful 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, For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth and friends above, Pleasures pure and undefiled, For each perfect gift of thine, To our race so freely given, Graces human and divine, Flowers of earth and buds of heaven, For thy Church which evermore Lifteth holy hands above, Offering up on every shore Her pure sacrifice of love, Lord of all, to thee we raise this our grateful hymn of praise. |
Tantus est quod hic decor terrae, nec caeli minus quodque cingit nos amor et tegit, dum vivimus, Accipe, rex omnium, hoc gratorum canticum. Quod horarum est lepos, die, nocte quae placet, mons et vallis, arbor, flos, stellae, luna, sol nitet. Quod amor familias gratus hominum ligat hic et supra caritas pura comites iuvat, Quod libenter praemia nostrae genti larga das, hic florentes et supra florituras gratias. Tua quod Ecclesia semper elevat manus, cuius amor victima est locis in omnibus, Accipe, rex omnium, hoc gratorum canticum. |