Full Lyrics
VERSE 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:
REFRAIN
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our sacrifice of praise.
VERSE 2
For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale and tree and flow'r,
sun and moon and stars of light:
VERSE 3
For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth, and friends above,
pleasures pure and undefiled:
VERSE 4
For each perfect gift of thine,
to our race so freely giv'n,
graces human and divine,
flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n:
VERSE 5
For thy Church which evermore
lifteth holy hands above,
off'ring up on ev'ry shore
her pure sacrifice of love:
