For the beauty of the earth

General information

Lyricist is Folliott Sandford Pierpoint.

Notes on selected settings

• Sally DeFord SAB (vv. 1-2,4, beauty for glory in line 2)
• Edward John Hopkins SATB (Refrain is Christ, our God, to thee we raise this our sacrifice of praise.)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Sally DeFord — For the beauty of the earth  English SAB
• David Evans — For the beauty of the earth  English SATB
• J. Ashley Hall — For the beauty of the earth  English SATB
• Edward John Hopkins — For the beauty of the earth  English SATB
• Konrad Kocher — For the beauty of the earth  English SATB
• Geoffrey Shaw — For the beauty of the earth  English Unison

Text and translations

English text 1  For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies; Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful 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; Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.

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; Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 4  For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild; Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.

5  For each perfect gift of thine To our race so freely given, Graces human and divine, Flowers of earth and buds of heaven. Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.