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For the beauty of the earth
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For the glory of the skies,
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For the love which from our birth
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Over and around us lies.
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Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
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This our hymn of grateful praise.
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For the wonder of each hour,
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Of the day and of the night,
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Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
C D G C G D G
Sun and moon, and stars of light.
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Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
C D G C G D7 G
This our hymn of grateful praise.
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For the joy of ear and eye,
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For the heart and mind's delight,
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For the mystic harmony
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Linking sense to sound and sight.
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Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
C D G C G D7 G
This our hymn of grateful praise.
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For the joy of human love,
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Brother, sister, parent, child,
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Friends on earth and friends above,
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For all gentle thoughts and mild.
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Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
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This our hymn of grateful praise.
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For Thy Church that evermore
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Lifteth holy hands above,
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Offering up on every shore
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Her pure sacrifice of love.
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Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
C D G C G D7 G
This our hymn of grateful praise.
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For the martyrs' crown of light,
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For Thy prophets' eagle eye,
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For Thy bold confessors' might,
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For the lips of infancy.
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Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
C D G C G D7 G
This our hymn of grateful praise.
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For Thy virgins' robes of snow,
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For Thy maiden mother mild,
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For Thyself, with hearts aglow,
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Jesu, Victim undefiled.
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Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
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This our hymn of grateful praise.
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For Thyself, best gift divine,
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To our race so freely given,
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For that great, great love of Thine,
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Peace on earth and joy in heaven.
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Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
C D G C G D7 G
This our hymn of grateful praise.